Bouchetia anomala

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Bouchetia anomala
Systematics
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Nightshade (Solanales)
Family : Nightshade family (Solanaceae)
Genre : Bouchetia
Type : Bouchetia anomala
Scientific name
Bouchetia anomala
( Miers ) Britton & Rusby

Bouchetia anomala is a plant type from the genus of Bouchetia in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).

description

Bouchetia anomala is an upright cryptophyte with gem-forming roots. The plants are always hairy, the hairs consist of glandular (with multicellular or unicellular heads) and some simple trichomes of four to six cells.

The calyx is 6 to 9 mm long. The crown is white or cream colored and 10 to 15 mm long. Four fertile stamens and usually one sterile staminodium are formed, only in exceptional cases there are five fertile stamens.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.

Occurrence

The species occurs in Paraguay , in the south of Brazil , in Uruguay and Argentina . The locations are at altitudes between 800 and 1200 m.

Systematics and botanical history

The species was first described in 1846 by John Miers as Nierembergia anomala . In 1887 Nathaniel Lord Britton and Henry Hurd Rusby moved it as Bouchetia anomala to the genus Bouchetia . In 1978 William D'Arcy proposed a union of the genera Bouchetia and Salpiglossis and introduced the name Salpiglossis anomala .

proof

literature

  • Armando T. Hunziker and Andrea A. Cocucci: 256. Solanaceae. Pt. 1, Subtribu VII b .: Nierembergiinae . In: Flora fanerogamica Argentina , Fasc. 15. 1995. pp. 2-16.

Individual evidence

  1. Bouchetia anomala at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  2. ^ William D'Arcy: A Preliminary Synopsis of Salpiglossis and Other Cestreae (Solanaceae) . In: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , Volume 65, 1978. pp. 698-724.