Snail seed trees

Snail seed trees
	Cochlospermum planchonii
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden II
Order :	Mallow-like (Malvales)
Family :	Annatto family (Bixaceae)
Tribe :	Cochlospermeae
Genre :	Snail seed trees
Scientific name
	Cochlospermum
	Kunth

The snail seed trees ( Cochlospermum ) are a genus of plants in the family of the Annatto plants (Bixaceae) within the order of the mallow-like (Malvales). Of the approximately 15 species, four are native to the Neotropics , five in tropical Africa, four in Australia and only one in tropical Asia ( Cochlospermum religiosum ).

description

Illustration of Cochlospermum regium (Syn .: Wittelsbachia insignis )

Capsule fruits of Cochlospermum fraseri

Cochlospermum religiosum

Buttercup Tree ( Cochlospermum vitifolium )

Appearance and leaves

The Cochlospermum styles are trees , shrubs or half-shrubs . They are usually summer green, more rarely evergreen. They contain a yellow, orange or red milky juice . Some species have a strong smell. The alternate leaves arranged on the branches are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The leaf blades are cut or divided into three to nine parts.

Flowers, fruits and seeds

The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry four or five-fold with a double flower envelope . There are 15 to 100 free, fertile stamens . Three to five carpels have become a top permanent ovary grown.

They form three to five-lobed capsule fruits with 20 to 100 oil-containing seeds.

Systematics

The genus Cochlospermum was established in 1822 by Karl Sigismund Kunth . Synonyms for Cochlospermum Kunth nom. cons. are: Maximilianea Mart. ex cabinet nom. rej., Wittelsbachia Mart. & Zucc. nom. illegal, Azeredia Arruda ex Allemão .

According to some authors, it was also part of the small Cochlospermaceae family.

There are about 15 species in the genus of snail seed trees ( Cochlospermum ) :

Cochlospermum angolense Welw. ex Oliv. : It occurs from Angola to the western Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Cochlospermum arafuricum Cowie & RAKerrigan : It occurs only in the Northern Territory in Australia.
Cochlospermum fraseri Planch. : It is distributed with two subspecies in northern Australia .
Cochlospermum gillivraei Benth. : It is distributed with two subspecies from Papua New Guinea to eastern Australia.
Cochlospermum intermedium Mildbr. : The home is the Central African Republic .
Cochlospermum macnamarae Hislop, KRThiele & Brassington : It occurs in north-northwestern Western Australia .
Cochlospermum noldei Poppend. : The homeland is northeastern Angola.
Cochlospermum orinocense (Kunth) Steud. : It is common from Panama to tropical South America .
Cochlospermum planchonii Hook. f. ex planch. : The distribution area extends from tropical West Africa to Sudan .
Cochlospermum regium (cupboard) Pilg. (Syn .: Wittelsbachia insignis Mart. & Zucc. ): It is distributed from Brazil to Bolivia and Paraguay .
Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston : The range extends from India to Myanmar .
Cochlospermum tetraporum Hallier f. : It is distributed from southern Bolivia to northwestern Argentina .
Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier ex A.Rich. : The distribution area extends from tropical West Africa to Uganda .
Buttercup tree ( Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. , Syn .: Cochlospermum codinae Eichler , Cochlospermum hibiscoides Kunth , Cochlospermum luetzeiburgii Pilg. , Cochlospermum serratifolium DC. , Cochlospermum triphyllum to Mexico via Central America (SFBlake) common and found in Cuba .
Cochlospermum wittei Robyns : The two subspecies occur only in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .

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Entry in the Western Australian flora . (Section description)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cochlospermum - data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. _{Last accessed on October 5, 2018}
↑ ^a ^b Cochlospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved January 29, 2015.

Web links

Commons : Snail Seed Trees ( Cochlospermum ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry in the Flora Brasiliensis.
Cochlospermum . In: U. Brunken, M. Schmidt, S. Dressler, T. Janssen, A. Thiombiano, G. Zizka: West African plants - A Photo Guide. Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main 2008.

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[WCSP-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cochlospermum - data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. _{Last accessed on October 5, 2018}

[GRIN-2] Cochlospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved January 29, 2015.