Berenice arguta
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Berenice arguta is the only species from the genus Berenice in the bellflower family(Campanulaceae). This endemic occurs only on Réunion .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Berenice arguta is a delicate shrub . The alternate leaves arranged on the stem are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade.
Generative characteristics
The inflorescence is an open, lateral or terminal panicle. The relatively small, hermaphrodite flowers are stalked, they are radial symmetry with a double flower envelope . The crown is wheel-shaped and white with pink tips. The bent-back corolla lobes are longer than the corolla tube. The stamens are beyond the crown. The anthers stand free from each other, are fixed dorsally (on the back) and about half as long as the stamens . The pollen grains have three pores and are prickly. The draft tube ovary is of a disk-shaped nectary occupied.
The triple capsule fruit opens up from the upper end in folds.
Systematics
The genus Berenice was first described in 1857 by Berenice arguta Tul. set up by Louis René Tulasne .
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literature
- Thomas G. Lammers: Campanulaceae. In: Joachim W. Kadereit, Charles Jeffrey (Eds.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume 8: Flowering Plants: Eudicots, Asterales. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1 . P. 39.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Berenice. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved February 8, 2018.