Adolphia californica
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Inflorescence of Adolphia californica |
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Adolphia | ||||||||||||
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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.