49. Talipariti Fryxell, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 23: 231, figs. 1–5. 2001. [Malayam thaali, shampoo, and paruthi, cotton, alluding to use and resemblance, respectively].
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Paul A. Fryxell
Steven R. Hill
Hibiscus Linnaeus sect. Azanzae de Candolle
Trees. Stems spreading [erect], minutely hairy [to glabrescent], not viscid. Leaves: stipules usually early-deciduous leaving annular scars, prominent, oblong, enclosing terminal bud; blade broadly ovate [orbiculate, elliptic], not dissected or parted [3-lobed], base deeply cordate [rarely cuneate], margins usually entire (sometimes obscurely crenulate or denticulate), with nectaries near base abaxially. Inflorescences axillary, solitary flowers; involucel present, bractlets persistent, connate. Flowers: calyx persistent, splitting asymmetrically, not accrescent or inflated, lobes often ribbed, triangular to ovate, not gland-dotted; corolla campanulate, yellow, fading to orange or red, sometimes drying dark greenish; staminal column included; style 5-branched from or beyond orifice or staminal column; stigmas capitate. Fruits capsules, erect, not inflated, carpels 5, subglobose or ovoid, not indurate, not fleshy, densely hairy, dehiscent. Seeds 2–many per carpel, densely hairy or seemingly glabrous. x = 40–48.
Species 22 (1 in the flora): introduced, Florida; Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Asia, Pacific Islands (especially New Guinea).
Two taxa are sometimes cultivated for ornament in southern Florida: Talipariti elatum (Swartz) Fryxell and T. tiliaceum var. tiliaceum, the latter sometimes naturalized. Species of Talipariti usually are estuarine and/or littoral.
