Gloxinia winches
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The gloxinia winds ( Asarina ) are a genus of plants in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae) and comprise about 16 species. They are native from Mexico to the southwestern United States and southern Europe.
description
Asarina species usually grow as strongly trailing or twisting or, more rarely, creeping, usually perennial herbaceous plants . The leaves, which are alternate at least in the upper area, are mostly triangular, pinnate and downy hairy with serrated leaf margin .
The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils. The attractive flowers are hermaphroditic, zygomorphic and five-fold with double perianth . The five broad green sepals are fused. The flower crowns , in different sizes, are reminiscent of snapdragons . The five petals can be white, yellow, pink, purple and shades in between and are often spotted on the throat. The corolla is two-lipped. There are four stamens.
The capsule fruits have two identical compartments.
cultivation
Some varieties are grown as annuals in cold climates, but they are perennial in warm climates. They need a warm sheltered location in cold climates or can be cared for in the greenhouse. They are well suited for growing on walls and benches. They need to be pruned in winter because they will bloom better on new shoots. New varieties are regularly launched in North America and Europe. Propagation can be done by sowing and cuttings.
Systematics
The genus Asarina was first published in 1757 by Philip Miller in The Gardeners Dictionary , 7th edition. The lectotype was specified by WR Barker in B. Morley & HR Toelken: Flowering Plants of Australia , 1983, 270 Asarina procumbens Mill . The genus Asarina belongs to the Antirrhineae tribe in the Plantaginaceae family .
There are around 15 to 16 species of Asarina (selection):
- Asarina antirrhinifolia (Humb. & Bonpl. Ex Willd.) Pennell : It was first described from Mexico.
- Asarina barclayana (Lindl.) Pennell : It is widespread in Mexico. She is also called Maurandya barclayana Lindl by some authors . placed in the genus Maurandya .
- Asarina erubescens (D.Don) Pennell (Syn .: Lophospermum erubescens D.Don ): It occurs in Mexico. Some authors put it as Lophospermum erubescens D.Don in the genus Lophospermum .
- Climbing Snapdragon ( Asarina scandens (Cav.) Pennell ): It occurs in southern Mexico. Some authors put it as Lophospermum scandens D. Don in the genus Lophospermum .
- Kidney-leaved snapdragon or crawling snapdragon ( Asarina procumbens Mill. , Syn .: Antirrhinum asarina L. ): The home extends from northeastern Spain to southwestern France. The chromosome number is 2n = 18.
swell
- MA Hyde & B. Wursten: Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants , 2010: Asarina - Online.
Individual evidence
- ^ Don Ellison: Cultivated Plants of the World . London: New Holland, 1999 (1st ed .: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995)
- ↑ Alfred Byrd Graf : Tropica: color cyclopedia of exotic plants and trees for warm-region, horticulture — in cool climate the summer garden or sheltered indoors , 3rd ed. East Rutherford, NJ: Roehrs Co., 1986.
- ↑ Tony Lord: Flora: The Gardener's Bible: More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell, 2003. ISBN 0-30436-435-5
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Asarina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ^ Asarina procumbens at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
