Alhagi

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Alhagi
Alhagi maurorum, illustration

Alhagi maurorum , illustration

Systematics
Eurosiden I
Order : Fabales (Fabales)
Family : Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily : Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe : Hedysareae
Genre : Alhagi
Scientific name
Alhagi
Gagnebin

Alhagi is a plant kind from the family of legumes (Fabaceae). It forms subshrubs and, more rarely, perennial herbaceous plants. The distribution area extends from Central Asia to the Mediterranean and North Africa. They can be used to stabilize sand and as fodder crops.

features

Alhagi maurorum

Alhagi species are subshrubs , rarely perennial herbaceous plants . The stipules are subpulate. The alternate leaves consist of only one leaflet. Your leaf blade is entire. The inflorescences are axillary racemes with bracts and bracts . The calyx is bell-shaped and has five teeth of unequal length. The corolla is red to purple in color. Nine stamens are grouped together, one grows separately from this group. The ovary has numerous ovules . The scar is heady. As fruits structured, perlschnurförmige not be opening sleeves formed.

Occurrence

The natural range of the genus includes Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Nepal and the Mediterranean area including North Africa.

Systematics

Flowers of Alhagi maurorum

The genus Alhagi was established in 1755 by Abraham Gagnebin in Helvetica, Physico-Mathematico-Anatomico-Botanico-Medica , 2, p. 59.

The genus Alhagi belongs to the tribe Hedysareae in the subfamily of the butterflies (Faboideae) within the family of legumes (Fabaceae).

There are six types:

  • Alhagi canescens (Rule) B.Keller & Shap. : It occurs in Afghanistan and Central Asia.
  • Alhagi graecorum Boiss. (Syn .: Alhagi mannifera Jaub. & Spach , Alhagi maurorum auct. Non Medik. , Alhagi tournefortii Heldr. ): It occurs in Greece, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, on the Arabian Peninsula, on Cyprus, in Turkey and in West asia.
  • Alhagi kirghisorum Schrenk : Se occurs in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Mongolia.
  • Alhagi maurorum medic. (Syn .: Alhagi camelorum Fisch. , Alhagi persarum Boiss. & Buhse , Alhagi pseudalhagi (M.Bieb.) Desv. Ex B.Keller & Shap. , Hedysarum alhagi L. , Hedysarum pseudalhagi M.Bieb. , Alhagi kirghisorum Grossh. non Schrenk ): It occurs in European Russia, in Kuwait, in Siberia and from West and Central Asia to China and Mongolia. As a neophyte it occurs in Australia and the USA.
  • Alhagi nepalensis (D.Don) Shap. : It occurs in India and Nepal.
  • Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. (Syn .: Alhagi kirghizorum var. Sparsifolia Shap. , Alhagi maurorum subsp. Sparsifolium (Shap.) Yakovlev ): It is common in western Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

use

The sugar excretions from the leaves can be used to treat headaches. Some species are good foliage plants / green plants or can fix sand well.

supporting documents

literature

  • Langran Xu, Kai Larsen: Alhagi , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China . Volume 10: Fabaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2010, ISBN 978-1-930723-91-7 , pp. 526 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Langran Xu, Kai Larsen: Alhagi , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (ed.): Flora of China . Volume 10: Fabaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2010, ISBN 978-1-930723-91-7 , pp. 526 (English).
  2. ^ A b c d Alhagi in Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Entry in LegumeWeb at ILDIS - World Database of Legumes , 2005, Version 10.01

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