Balsam bush

Balsam bush
Balsam bush ( Cedronella canariensis )
Systematics
Order : Mint family (Lamiales) Family : Mint family (Lamiaceae) Subfamily : Nepetoideae Tribe : Mentheae Genre : Cedronella Type : Balsam bush
Scientific name of the  genus
Cedronella
Monk
Scientific name of the  species
Cedronella canariensis
( L. ) Webb & Berthel.

The cedronella ( Cedronella canariensis ), also Canary Lemon shrub called, is the only kind of monotypic genus Cedronella within the family of Lamiaceae (Lamiaceae). It is native to the Canary Islands , Madeira and the Azores .

description

Habit, leaves and inflorescences

The balsam bush grows as a deciduous, perennial herbaceous plant . The pink, hermaphrodite flowers are pollinated by insects. The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.

Occurrence

The balsam bush is native to the Canary Islands , Madeira and the Azores . It prefers partially shaded and moist locations.

Systematics

The first publication was made of this kind in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus under the name ( Basionym ) Dracocephalum canariense in Species Plantarum , 2, S. 594. It was in 1836 in Philip Barker Webb and Sabin Berthelot : Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries , 3, p 87 placed in the genus Cedronella . Conrad Moench established the genus Cedronella in 1794 in Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis: a staminum situ describendi , p. 411 with the type species Cedronella triphylla . Today Cedronella triphylla Moench is a synonym for Cedronella canariensis (L.) Webb & Berthel.

use

An infusion can be made from the leaves . Either the fresh or the dried, not yet flowering, above-ground parts of the plant are used for this. The dried leaves are also used as an odor improver, as they have a pleasant aromatic scent.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cedronella on the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Last accessed December 23, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} Entry at PFAF = Plants for A Future . last accessed on December 24, 2012
3. ↑ Cedronella canariensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
4. ↑ First publication of the species scanned at biodiversitylibrary.org .
5. ^ First publication of the genus scanned at biodiversitylibrary.org .
6. ↑ Entry in Tropicos . last accessed on December 23, 2012

Web links

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