Adelien

Adelien
	Forestiera pubescens
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Olive family (Oleaceae)
Genre :	Adelien
Scientific name
	Forestiera
	Poir.

The Adelien ( Forestiera ) are a genus of plants within the family of the olive plants (olive plants). The approximately 21 species are common in North, Central and South America .

description

Foresteiera acuminata

Branch of Forestiera angustifolia

Flowers of Forestiera pubescens var. Parvifolia

Forestiera segregata

Vegetative characteristics

Forestiera species form deciduous, sparsely branched and privet- like shrubs . The buds are bare and egg-shaped with a length of 1.5 to 2 centimeters.

The opposite leaves are simple. The leaf margin is entire or finely serrated.

Generative characteristics

For Forestiera -Arten there is a diocyte or subdiocyte . The flowers are in axillary clusters or clusters and usually appear before the leaves. The flowers are greenish and inconspicuous. The inflorescence is simple and consists of four to six sepals . Two to three stamens are formed. The ovary is twofold.

The fruits are 3 to 7 millimeters long, dark purple to black drupes with a thin, dry-skinned mesocarp .

Systematics and distribution

The genus Forestiera was established by Jean Louis Marie Poiret . The scientific name of the genus Forestiera honors the French botanist and doctor André Robert Forestier (1741/46 - 1812). Synonyms for Forestiera Poir. nom. cons. are: Adelia P.Browne , Bigelovia Sm. , Borya Willd. , Carpoxis Raf. , Geisarina Raf. Nudilus Raf.

The genus Forestiera belongs to the tribe Oleeae within the family of the Oleaceae (Oleaceae).

One finds Forestiera species from North America through Central America and on the West Indies to northern South America.

The genus Forestiera includes around 21 species:

Pointed-leaved Adelie ( Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. ): The home is the USA.
Forestiera angustifolia Torr. : The home is Texas and northeast Mexico.
Forestiera cartaginensis Donn.Sm. : The distribution area extends from the Mexican state Chiapas to Panama .
Forestiera corollata Cornejo & Wallander : The home is Guatemala .
Forestiera durangensis Standl. : It only occurs in the Mexican state of Durango .
Forestiera ecuadorensis Cornejo & Bonifaz : The home is western Ecuador .
Forestiera eggersiana Krug : The home is Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands .
Forestiera godfreyi L.C. Anderson : The homeland is the southeastern USA.
Forestiera isabeliae Mutton & X.Cornejo : It is only found in Costa Rica .
Forestiera ligustrina (Michx.) Poir. : The home is the southeast USA to Texas.
Forestiera macrocarpa Brandegee : It only occurs in Baja California .
Forestiera phillyreoides (Benth.) Torr. : The home is the southwest and central Mexico.
Forestiera pubescens Nutt. : The distribution area extends from the western USA to Mexico. With the varieties:
- Forestiera pubescens var. Parvifolia (A.Gray) Nesom (Syn .: Forestiera neomexicana A.Gray ): It occurs in the southwest and west-central USA and in northern Mexico.
- Forestiera pubescens var. Pubescens : It occurs in Oklahoma, Texas and northeastern Mexico.
Forestiera racemosa S.Watson : It occurs only in the Mexican state of Nuevo León .
Forestiera reticulata Torr. : It only occurs in western Texas .
Forestiera rhamnifolia Griseb. : The distribution area extends from Mexico and the Caribbean to Costa Rica .
Forestiera rotundifolia (Brandegee) Standl. : It occurs only in the Mexican state of Puebla .
Forestiera segregata (Jacq.) Krug & Urb. : The home is the southeast USA and the islands of the Caribbean. With the varieties:
- Forestiera segregata var. Pinetorum (Small) MCJohnst. : It only occurs in Florida.
- Forestiera segregata var. Segregata (Syn .: Forestiera ekmanii Borhidi ): It occurs in the southeastern United States and on Caribbean islands.
Forestiera selleana Urb. & Ekman : This endemic occurs only on Hispaniola .
Forestiera shrevei standl. : It only occurs in Arizona .
Forestiera tomentosa S.Watson : The home is central and southwestern Mexico.

use

The shrubs are of little garden value and are rarely planted.

proof

literature

Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , p. 299.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b German name after Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 299
↑ ^a ^b ^c Roloff et al .: Flora of the Woods , p. 299
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. online.
^ Forestiera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Forestiera. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 30, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Adelien ( Forestiera ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Forestiera. In: Plants Database. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, accessed October 15, 2010 .

[deutsch-1] German name after Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 299

[FdG-2] Roloff et al .: Flora of the Woods , p. 299

[Burkhardt2018-3] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. online.

[GRIN-4] Forestiera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved February 20, 2012.

[WCSP-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Forestiera. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 30, 2018.