Campylostachys cernua
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Campylostachys cernua is one of two species in the genus Campylostachys . The genus belongs tothe Stilbaceae family . It occurs in South Africa .
description
Campylostachys cernua is a small, multi-stemmed shrub that forms tubercles . The leaves are heather-like, linear, furrowed and pointed towards the front. They stand in whorls of four leaves and spread widely.
The flowers are in terminal, slightly drooping, spherical spikes . The flowers are sessile and are accompanied by opposite, lanceolate-pointed bracts. The five petals stand free and overlap like roof tiles. They are hairless and sticky, narrowly lanceolate, pointed forward and boat-shaped. The crown is broadly tubular and consists of four equal, hairless petals. The corolla tube and the free-standing parts of the petals are roughly the same length. There is a ring of hair in the crown throat. The four stamens have dorsally fixed anthers that protrude far beyond the crown. The ovary is ovoid-cylindrical and slightly depressed. It is twofold, in each ovary compartment there is a single ovule basal . The stylus is straight, round and hairless.
Occurrence and systematics
Campylostachys cernua occurs in the Western Cape region of South Africa .
Within the genus Campylostachys , Campylostachys cernua has been recognized as the only species. Another species, Campylostachys helmei J.C. Manning & Goldblatt, was first described in 2012 . It also occurs in the Western Cape.
literature
- HP Lindner: Stilbaceae . In: Klaus Kubitzki, Joachim W. Kadereit (eds.): Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Lamiales (except Acanthaceae Including Avicenniaceae) , Springer Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1 , p. 438.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Campylostachys. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved December 22, 2017.