Adolphia californica

Adolphia californica
	Inflorescence of Adolphia californica
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Buckthorn Family (Rhamnaceae)
Genre :	Adolphia
Type :	Adolphia californica
Scientific name of the genus
	Adolphia
	Meisn.
Scientific name of the species
	Adolphia californica
	S. Watson

Adolphia californica is a species of plant from the genus Adolphia , whichincludes only 1 to 2 species,in the family of buckthorn plants (Rhamnaceae). It isnative tosouthwest North America.

description

Adolphia californica are almost leafless plants up to 3 meters tall. A shoot or a compound inflorescence is formed from the first eye of each node , and a sting emerges from the following one .

The hairy flowers are in three- to seven-flowered cymes . The bell-shaped flower cup also survives the fruiting period, the discus that has grown together with its lower part is inconspicuous. Unlike many genera of the family , petals are present. The filaments are toward the outer end knee-shaped, the dust bag vierfächrig. The ovary is semi-subordinate and triple. The fruits are explosive capsules .

distribution

Adolphia californica is native to southwestern North America. Their distribution area is in Baja California and the US state California , where the plant occurs in a northerly direction about to San Diego .

Systematics

The genus was first described in 1837 by Carl Daniel Friedrich Meisner ; he also described a kind of Adolphia infesta . The description of the species Adolphia californica was given by Sereno Watson in 1876. Within the buckthorn family , Adolphia californica is classified in the tribe Colletieae .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 328, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8
↑ John O. Sawyer, Jr .: Rhamnaceae . Jepson Flora Project.
^ Adolphia at IPNI.
^ Adolphia infesta , entry in GRIN.
^ Adolphia californica at IPNI.

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[kub-1] D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 328, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8

[2] John O. Sawyer, Jr .: Rhamnaceae . Jepson Flora Project.

[3] Adolphia at IPNI.

[4] Adolphia infesta , entry in GRIN.

[5] Adolphia californica at IPNI.