Alchemilla sect. Grandifoliae
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Alchemilla sect. Grandifoliae is a section from the genus Lady 's mantle ( Alchemilla )native to Africa.
features
They are subshrubs with long internodes . The leaves are large and up to 17 lobed. The petiole is long, the stipules large and strongly overgrown. In the bud , the leaf primordium is surrounded by the sheath of the next older leaf, but the leaf blade is always outside its own leaf sheath.
The inflorescences are extensive. The outer calyx is smaller than the sepals . The goblet is hairy and not constricted at the top. There is a carpel that has a spherical scar .
Occurrence
The section is limited to a small area in the East African mountains near the equator.
supporting documents
- Alexander A. Notov, Tatyana V. Kusnetzova: Architectural units, axiality and their taxonomic implications in Alchemillinae . Wulfenia 11, 2004, pp. 85-130. ISSN 1561-882X
- Sigurd Fröhner: Alchemilla . In: Hans. J. Conert et al. a. (Ed.): Gustav Hegi. Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995, p. 16. ISBN 3-8263-2533-8