Canistrum (genus of plants)

Canistrum
	Canistrum montanum , inflorescence
Systematics
	Monocots
	Commelinids
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae)
Subfamily :	Bromelioideae
Genre :	Canistrum
Scientific name
	Canistrum
	E. Morren

Canistrum is a genus of plants from the subfamily Bromelioideae withinthe bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae). All 14 Canistrum species only thrive in the Atlantic rainforest “ Mata Atlântica ” in Brazil .

description

Funnel-shaped habitus of Canistrum seidelianum with reinforced, drawn leaves. There is also a child on the left

Inflorescence of Canistrum seidelianum from above with still closed flowers

The Canistrum species are epiphytic and terrestrial, evergreen, perennial herbaceous plants . They look similar to Canistropsis and some Nidularium species. Sturdy leaves sit on a compressed stem axis and form funnels in which water is collected. The simple, parallel-veined, tongue-shaped leaves have a short to long pointed end and are reinforced by spiky sawn leaf edges. The leaf surfaces are simply green or drawn and have pressed scale hairs on the underside of the leaf.

There is a clearly recognizable inflorescence stem. The mostly decoratively colored bracts frame the short-stalked flowers, which are arranged like a basket through the compressed, paniculate inflorescence . The pentacyclic (five petal circles), hermaphrodite, radial symmetry flowers are threefold. There are three sepals. The three petals are greenish, white or yellow. There are two circles with three stamens each. Three carpels have become an under constant ovary grown.

Flower formula : ${\ displaystyle \ star \; K_ {3} \; C_ {3} \; A_ {3 + 3} \; G _ {\ overline {(3)}}}$

Low-juice berries are formed that contain numerous seeds. The brown seeds are spindle-shaped.

Systematics

The genus Canistrum was founded in 1873 by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren in Belgique Hort. , 23, p. 257 with the type species Canistrum aurantiacum E. Morren . The botanical genus name Canistrum is derived from the Greek word kanistron , which means something like "basket"; this relates to the structure of the inflorescences. Morren describes the inflorescence as a flat basket of flowers, similar to those worn by young girls during the Bacchus celebrations , like those carried by vegetable growers in Morren's hometown of Liege , Belgium.

There are about 14 species of Canistrum :

Canistrum alagoanum Leme & JASiqueira : It only thrives terrestrially or epiphytically in the Brazilian state of Alagoas .
Canistrum aurantiacum E. Morren : It thrives terrestrially or epiphytically at altitudes of 0 to 900 meters in the Brazilian states of Alagoas and Pernambuco .
Canistrum auratum Leme (Syn .: Canistrum regnellii Mez , Canistrum schwackeanum Mez ): It only occurs in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais .
Canistrum blockii hortus ex Chavalier : It is only known from culture.
Canistrum camacaense Martinelli & Leme : It only thrives at altitudes of 200 to 700 meters in the Brazilian state of Bahia .
Canistrum fosterianum L.B.Sm. : It thrives epiphytically or occasionally in the sand at altitudes of 50 meters only in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Canistrum guzmanioides Leme : It was first described in 1999 in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It thrives terrestrially or epiphytically on trees and rocks at altitudes of around 800 meters.
Canistrum improcerum Leme & JASiqueira : It was first described in 1999 in the Brazilian state of Alagoas.
Canistrum lanigerum H.Luther & Leme : It was first described in 1999 in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It thrives terrestrially.
Canistrum montanum Leme : It was first described in 1997 in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Canistrum pickelii (A.Lima & LBSm.) Leme & JASiqueira : It thrives epiphytically on trees or rocks in the Brazilian states of Alagoas and Pernambuco.
Canistrum sandrae Leme : It was first described in 1999 in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It thrives terrestrially or epiphytically at altitudes of about 100 meters.
Canistrum seidelianum W. Weber : It thrives epiphytically at altitudes of 400 to 700 meters only in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
Canistrum triangulare L.B.Smith & Reitz : It only thrives at altitudes above 800 meters in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo .

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literature

Werner Rauh : Bromeliads. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1990. ISBN 3-8001-6371-3 ( Canistrum from p. 377)
Elton MC Leme : Canistrum - Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest. , Salamandra Consultoria Editorial Ltda, 1997.
In “Species Index” click on Canistrum in Eric J. Gouda, Derek Butcher, Kees Gouda: Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads , Version 3.1 (2012). last accessed on December 14, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Jose Alves Siqueira Filho & Elton MC Leme: Fragments of the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil: Biodiversity, Conservation and the Bromeliads , 2007. ISBN 85-88742-19-5
↑ Jason R. Grant: An Annotated Catalog of the Generic Names of the Bromeliaceae , In: The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 1998. (Origin of the generic names in the Bromeliaceae family in English)
^ Harry E. Luther: An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials , 2008 in The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens , Sarasota, Florida, USA. Published by The Bromeliad Society International .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o In “Species Index” click on Canistrum in Eric J. Gouda, Derek Butcher, Kees Gouda: Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads , Version 3.1 (2012). last accessed on December 14, 2014

Web links

Commons : Canistrum - collection of images, videos and audio files

Canistrum on the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Datasheet for the genus.

Map with all linked sites: OSM | WikiMap

[Filho&Leme2007-1] Jose Alves Siqueira Filho & Elton MC Leme: Fragments of the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil: Biodiversity, Conservation and the Bromeliads , 2007. ISBN 85-88742-19-5

[Grant1998-2] Jason R. Grant: An Annotated Catalog of the Generic Names of the Bromeliaceae , In: The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 1998. (Origin of the generic names in the Bromeliaceae family in English)

[Luther2008-3] Harry E. Luther: An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials , 2008 in The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens , Sarasota, Florida, USA. Published by The Bromeliad Society International .

[BromeliadEncyclopaedia-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o In “Species Index” click on Canistrum in Eric J. Gouda, Derek Butcher, Kees Gouda: Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads , Version 3.1 (2012). last accessed on December 14, 2014