Caryotophora skiatophytoides
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Caryotophora skiatophytoides is the only type of monotypic genus Caryotophora from the family of aizoaceae (Aizoaceae). The botanical name of the genus is derived from the Greek words karyon for 'nut' and -phora for 'carrier' and refers to the nut-like fruits.
description
Caryotophora skiatophytoides is a low- growing perennial plant . It forms rhizomes up to 1 meter long and up to 23 millimeters in diameter at depths of 5 to 20 centimeters . Their internodes are 10 to 20 millimeters apart. The alternate or opposite, flat, dark green leaves are 6 to 12 centimeters long and 1 to 3 centimeters wide on the main shoot. On the side shoots they have a length of 4 to 6 centimeters and a width of 1 to 3 centimeters. Bladder cells are absent.
The white flowers appear annually in large inflorescences. The flower stalk is 3 to 6 inches long. There are five sepals . The nectarium forms an inconspicuous lophomorphic ring. The hard, woody capsule fruits are three to fourfold. The fruits contain six to eight black, more or less triangular seeds 2 to 3 millimeters in length.
Systematics and distribution
Caryotophora skiatophytoides is distributed in South Africa on the coast at Cape Agulhas near Bredasdorp in the Western Cape Province . It grows on sandy coastal plains near the sea in areas with year-round rainfall of more than 400 millimeters.
The first description of the genus and its only species by Otto Albrecht Leistner was published in 1958.
The only difference between the genus Caryotophora and the genus Skiatophytum is the wooden fruits.
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literature
- Heidrun EK Hartmann (Ed.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Aizoaceae AE . Springer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2001, ISBN 3-540-41691-9 , pp. 102 .
- Gideon Smith et al. a. (Ed.): Mesembs of the World: Illustrated Guide to a Remarkable Succulent Group . Briza Publications, 1998, ISBN 1-875093-13-3 , pp. 64-65 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Albrecht Leistner: A new monotypic genus of the Mesembryanthemaceae . In: Notes on Mesembryanthemum and allied genera . Volume 3, 1958, pp. 289-291.
further reading
- HD Ihlenfeldt, M. Gerbaulet: Investigations into the inventory of characteristics and the taxonomy of the genera Apatesia NEBr., Carpanthea NEBr., Conicosia NEBr., Herrea Schwantes and Hymenogyne Haw. (Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl.) . In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics . Volume 111, Number 4, 1990, pp. 457-498.