Sida (plant)

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

|image = Starr 050419-6513 Sida fallax.jpg |image_caption = Ilima (Sida fallax) |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Sida |authority = L. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 98-200+, see text |synonyms =

  • Diadesma Raf.
  • Dictyocarpus Wight
  • Fleischeria Steud.
  • Lamarkia Medik.
  • Malvinda Boehm.
  • Pseudomalachra (K.Schum.) Monteiro
  • Side St.-Lag., orth. var. |synonyms_ref =

Sida is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, especially in the Americas. Plants of the genus may be known generally as fanpetals or sidas.

Description

These are annual or perennial herbs or shrubs growing up to 2m tall (6 feet). Most species have hairy herbage. The leaf blades are usually unlobed with serrated edges, but may be divided into lobes. They are borne on petioles and have stipules. Flowers are solitary or arranged in inflorescences of various forms. Each has five hairy sepals and five petals in shades of yellow, orange, or white. There are many stamens and a style divided into several branches. The fruit is a disc-shaped schizocarp up to 2 cm (3/4 inch) wide which is divided into five to 12 sections, each containing one seed. The pollens are spherical in shape.[[File:Pollen sida.jpg|thumb|Three pollen grains of a plant in genus Sida]]

Ecology

Many Sida are attractive to butterflies and moths. Arrowleaf sida (Sida rhombifolia), for example, is a larval host for the tropical checkered skipper (Pyrgus oileus).

The Sida golden mosaic virus and Sida golden yellow vein virus have been first isolated from Sida species; the former specifically from Sida santaremensis.

Etymology

The genus name Sida is from the Greek for "pomegranate or water lily". Carl Linnaeus adopted the name from the writings of Theophrastus.

Diversity

Main article: List of Sida species

Sida has historically been a wastebasket taxon, including many plants that simply did not fit into other genera of the Malvaceae. Species have been continually reclassified. There are many plants recognized as Sida that have not yet been described to science.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Arrastradilla_(Sida_abutifolia),_GTOMX.jpg" caption="''[[Sida abutifolia]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Fringed_Fanpetals_(1002266948).jpg" caption="''[[Sida ciliaris]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Sida_linifolia.jpg" caption="''[[Sida linifolia]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Flickr_-João_de_Deus_Medeiros-_Sida_rhombifolia.jpg" caption="''[[Sida rhombifolia]]''"] ::

Selected species

Plants of the World Online accepts 275 species. They include:

Formerly placed here

Species now in other genera include:

References

References

  1. "''Sida'' L.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
  2. Shaheen, N., et al. (2009). [http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/viewFile/65967/53675 Foliar epidermal anatomy and its systematic implication within the genus ''Sida'' L. (Malvaceae).] ''African Journal of Biotechnology'' 8(20), 5328-36.
  3. [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=9589 ''Sida''.] The Jepson eFlora 2013.
  4. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21725 ''Sida''.] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  5. [http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21766 ''Sida''.] FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.
  6. [http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIRH ''Sida rhombifolia''.] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. University of Texas, Austin.
  7. The [[Circumscription (taxonomy)
  8. Markey, A. S., et al. (2011). [https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/science/nuytsia/613.pdf ''Sida picklesiana'' (Malvaceae), a new species from the Murchison-Gascoyne region of Western Australia.] ''Nuytsia'' 21(3) 127-37.
  9. link. (2015-09-24 Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).)
  10. "Sida ulmifolia - Species Details".

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