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Photo by Sue Carnahan, Swbiodiversity.org.


Habitat by Sue Carnahan, Swbiodiversity.org.


The root by Thomas Van Devender, Swbiodiversity.org.


Linny Heagy's drawing, showing the root.

Author: 

J. W. Byng & M. Christenhusz, 2018

Family: 

BIXACEAE*

Origin: 

Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Mexico + Aizona; USA, Nicaragua

Soil: 

Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Maximum

Thickness: 

3 Centimetres

Height: 

25-40 Centimetres

Flower: 

Yellow - Orange / Deep Maroon

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

Mexican Yellowshow, Saiya

Synonyms: 

Amoreuxia palmatifida, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, 1825.
Euryanthe schiedeana
Cham. & Schltdl. 1830.
Amoreuxia colombiana, Sprague, 1922.
Amoreuxia schiedeana, Planch. 1847.

This member of the Bixaceae* family was given this name by James W. Byng and Maarten Joost Maria Christenhusz in 2018. It is found in Columbia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and southern United States, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 40 centimetres in height. The flowers are yellow or salmon-orange to salmon-maroon, with deep maroon basal spots.

The genera name from Latin; cochlea; 'snail' and spermum; 'pollen'. The species name from Latin; palmatum; 'lobed' and -fidum; 'like' or 'trusty' for the leaves.

*) Former member of the Cochlospermaceae family, now joined with the Bixaceae family. Now the Bixaceae has moved from Violales order to the Malvales.


The leaves by Patrick Alexander, Swbiodiversity.org.


The fruit by Sue Carnahan, Swbiodiversity.org.