Phyllanthopsis arida

Phyllanthopsis arida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Phyllanthopsis
Species:	P. arida
Binomial name
Phyllanthopsis arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.
Synonyms[1]
Andrachne arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) G.L.Webster Savia arida Warnock & M.C. Johnst.

Phyllanthopsis arida, the trans-Pecos maidenbush,^[2] is a rare plant species endemic to western Texas.^[3]

Phyllanthopsis arida is a thornless, dioecious, deciduous, highly branching shrub up to 100 cm tall. Leaves are ovate to obovate, up to 1.0 cm long. Flower solitary or in small clusters, yellow-green, up to 3 mm in diameter. Capsule is hanging, up to 7 mm long.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

References

1. "Phyllanthopsis arida (Warnock & M.C.Johnst.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2016 – via The Plant List.
2. "Phyllanthopsis arida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
3. Rare Plants of Texas, Texas A&M University, a field guide, p 80
4. Webster, Grady Linder. 1967. Genera of the Euphorbiaceae in the southeastern United States. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 48:303-361.
5. Warnock, Barton Holland, & Johnston, Marshall Conring. 1960. Southwestern Naturalist 5(1): 3–6.
6. photo of isotype of Savia arida (= Andrachne arida = Phyllanthopsis arida) at Missouri Botanical Garden
7. Vorontsova, Maria S. & Hoffmann, Petra. 2008. Kew Bulletin 63(1): 47.
8. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.