Benthamiella skottsbergii
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Benthamiella skottsbergii is a plant type from the genus Benthamiella in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Benthamiella skottsbergii is a Chamaephyte . The slightly fleshy leaves are 2 to 2.5 mm long and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. Their edge is hairy. The calyx becomes 2 to 2.5 mm long. It is tubular and hairy. The crown reaches a length of 5 to 6.6 mm, it is tubular to slightly funnel-shaped and hairless. The two stamens are identical, rarely even a single stamen is formed. The stamens do not protrude beyond the crown. The stamens are hairless and set more or less in the middle of the corolla tube. Up to two staminodes can be formed. The ovary has only a stunted nectarium . The stylus does not protrude beyond the crown.
distribution
The species occurs in the steppes of Santa Cruz .
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described by Alberto Soriano in 1948 . The epithet honors Carl Johan Fredrik Skottsberg .
literature
- Armando T. Hunziker and Silvia Arroyo-Leuenberger: 256. Solanaceae. Pt. 9, Subtribu VII d .: Benthamiellinae Hunz. In: Flora fanerogamica Argentina , Fasc. 64, 2000. pp. 1-11.