Adansonia perrieri

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Adansonia perrieri
Systematics
Order : Mallow-like (Malvales)
Family : Mallow family (Malvaceae)
Subfamily : Woolly trees (Bombacoideae)
Genre : Baobabs ( Adansonia )
Section : Longitubae
Type : Adansonia perrieri
Scientific name
Adansonia perrieri
Capuron

Adansonia perrieri is a species of baobab trees ( Adansonia ) in the mallow family (Malvaceae). It is similar to Adansonia digitata , but has upright, yellow flowers .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Adansonia perrieri are medium-sized to large, massive, 20 to 25 meters (rarely 30 meters) high deciduous trees with pale gray smooth bark . Fully grown leaves are palmately divided with 5 to 9 partial leaves and sit on petioles up to 13 centimeters long . The felty leaf blade is obovate-spatula, 8 to 12 inches long and 3 to 4.5 inches wide. The leaf margin is entire.

Inflorescences and flowers

The individual flowers are upright. Their sepals are 15 inches long and 1 to 1.5 inches wide. The yellow, narrow, egg-shaped corolla is 17 inches long and 3 to 4.5 inches wide. The numerous stamens are fused to form a tube up to 12 centimeters long with 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters long free tips.

The flowering period extends from November to December.

fruit

The elongated fruits ripen in October and November are up to 16 to 22 centimeters long and 8 to 14 centimeters wide. They contain kidney-shaped, laterally flattened seeds .

Systematics, number of chromosomes and distribution

Adansonia perrieri is endemic to the northern tip of Madagascar . Few populations are known.

The first description was made in 1960 by René Paul Raymond Capuron . The species was named in honor of Henry Perrier de la Bâthie .

The chromosome number is .

use

The fruits are eaten.

Danger

Adansonia perrieri is classified as " Endangered (EN) " on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

proof

literature

  • David A. Baum: The Comparative Pollination and Floral Biology of Baobabs (Adansonia- Bombacaceae) . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 82, No. 2, 1995, pp. 322-348
  • David A. Baum: A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae) . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden . Volume 82, No. 3, 1995, pp. 440-471
  • CC Walker: Adansonia . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Sukkulentenlexikon Volume 2 Dicotyledonous plants (dicotyledons) with the exception of Aizoaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae and Crassulaceae . Eugen Ulmer Verlag: Stuttgart 2002, p. 49. ISBN 3-8001-3915-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Muséum de Paris. Phanérogramie . Volume 16, p. 66, Paris 1960
  2. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Center 1998. Adansonia perrieri . In: 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN 2007, accessed May 19, 2008.