Apatesia

Apatesia
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Midday flowers (Aizoaceae)
Subfamily :	Ruschioideae
Genre :	Apatesia
Scientific name
	Apatesia
	NEBr.

Apatesia is a plant kind from the family of aizoaceae (Aizoaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Greek word apatesis for 'deception' and refers to the strong similarity with the genus Hymenogyne .

description

The species of the genus Apatesia grow as annual plants . The flat oval leaves are only slightly succulent . Those of a couple form an open basal sheath. There are protruding bladder cells along the leaf margins . Your epidermis contains flakes of wax.

The flowers have a long stalk. Their petals, which are ciliate in their lower half, are yellow. The staminodes are thread-like and papilose , the stamens are covered with dense, inflated papillae at their tip. The nectarium is ring-shaped, but hardly lophomorphic. The scars are stuck together but not fused together. The flowering time is in early summer, i. H. the plants bloom in their homeland from August to October. The eight to twelve-pod capsule fruits are slightly convex in shape. They have swelling strips and very small fan ceilings. The fruits contain light to dark brown, smooth or papillary seeds .

The chromosome number is . ${\ displaystyle 2n = 18}$

Systematics and distribution

The genus Apatesia is widespread in South Africa in all western districts of the Western Cape Province . There the plants grow in sandy places with winter rainfall of more than 200 millimeters per year.

The first description by Nicholas Edward Brown was published in 1927. The genus Apatesia includes the following species:

Apatesia helianthoides (Aiton) NEBr.
Apatesia pillansii N.E.Br.
Apatesia sabulosa (Thunb.) L. Bolus

proof

literature

Heidrun EK Hartmann (Ed.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae AE . Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2001, ISBN 3-540-41691-9 , pp. 65-66 .
Gideon Smith et al. a. (Ed.): Mesembs of the World: Illustrated Guide to a Remarkable Succulent Group . Briza Publications, 1998, ISBN 1-875093-13-3 , pp. 60-61 .

Individual evidence

↑ The Gardeners' Chronicle: A weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . 3rd episode, Volume 81, London 1927, p. 12.
↑ Heidrun EK Hartmann (Ed.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae AE . Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2001, ISBN 3-540-41691-9 , pp. 65-66 .

Web links

Photo of Apatesia helianthoides

[1] The Gardeners' Chronicle: A weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . 3rd episode, Volume 81, London 1927, p. 12.

[2] Heidrun EK Hartmann (Ed.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae AE . Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2001, ISBN 3-540-41691-9 , pp. 65-66 .