Azara (genus of plants)
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The Azara are a genus of plants in the willow family (Salicaceae). The ten or so species are native to the temperate to subtropical areas of South America .
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description
In Azara TYPES is evergreen trees and shrubs that reach stature heights 1-8 meters. The simple leaves , arranged alternately or opposite, are between 1 and 9 cm long and between 0.5 and 5 cm wide, depending on the species . In some species the leaves appear opposite, this deceptive impression is caused by a thickening of the stipule .
The flowering time is in spring. The small, strongly scented flowers are four or five-fold. The four or five sepals are yellow to greenish. The flowers have no petals . The long, often bright red stamens are striking. When ripe, red to black berries with a diameter of 3 to 10 mm are formed.
Systematics
The genus Azara was established in 1794 by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez in Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus , p. 79, plate 36. In 1953, Azara serrata Ruiz & Pav. Was specified as the lectotype type by Hermann Otto Sleumer in Lilloa , Volume 26, p. 28. The generic name Azara honors the Spanish diplomat and art patron José Nicolás de Azara (1730–1804). Arechavaletaia Speg is a synonym for Azara Ruiz et Pav .
The genus Azara belongs to the Salicaceae family . The genus Azara was classified in the former family of the Flacourtiaceae.
There are about ten species in the genus Azara :
- Azara alpina Poepp. & Endl.
- Azara Celastrina D. Don
- Azara dentata Ruiz & Pav.
- Azara integrifolia Ruiz & Pav.
- Azara lanceolata Hook.f.
- Azara microphylla Hook.f. : With fan-shaped branches and small, dark, shiny leaves.
- Azara petiolaris ( D.Don ) IMJohnst. : With smooth oval leaves.
- Azara salicifolia Griseb.
- Azara serrata Ruiz & Pav.
- Azara uruguayensis (Speg.) Sleumer
Individual evidence
- ^ Azara at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ A b c Azara in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
- ^ Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6
Web links
- Karl Reiche : Estudios críticos de la Flora de Chile , Tomo Primero, Part 2, 1896: Azara , pp. 129–135 - scanned at efloras . (Spanish; PDF file; 988 kB)