Berneuxia thibetica
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Berneuxia thibetica is the only species from the genus Berneuxia inthe Diapensiaceae family . It is endemic to China.
features
Berneuxia thibetica is a perennial, herbaceous plant with almost no stem. It grows from elongated, woody, slightly twisted rhizomes with scaly bracts .
The leaves are long-stalked and up to 18 inches long. They are arranged in a spiral, the inverted egg-shaped to spatulate leaf blade is almost as long as the petiole.
The slender flower stem is around 18 centimeters long and has ten to fifteen flowers. The stamens and staminodes are fused together and form a ring at the base of the crown. The dust bag are zweifächrig, the stylus is elongated and is in a recess of the ovary at.
Occurrence
Berneuxia thibetica is native to China in northwestern Guizhou, Sichuan, southeastern Xizang and northern Yunnan . It is found in bushes in moist fir forests and forests of large-leaved deciduous trees at altitudes between 1700 and 3500 meters.
Systematics
The species and genus were first described by Joseph Decaisne in 1873 .
proof
- ↑ a b c P.J.Scott: Diapensiaceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, p. 120, ISBN 978-3-540-06512- 8th
- ↑ a b c Haining Qin, Bruce Bartholomew: Diapensiaceae In: Flora of China , Vol. 14, p. 236, ( Online )
