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Condalia is a genus from the family of the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It includes around 20 species in North and South America. The generic name honors Antonio Condal (1745–1804), a Spanish doctor and botanist.
description
The Condalia species are evergreen shrubs or small trees. Their shoot structure shows a pronounced differentiation into long and short shoots . The short shoots end in a strong thorn. Short shoots sit on them, which make up the majority of the leaf mass. The leaf position is alternate, but the short shoots can appear to be clustered.
The flowers stand individually or in clusters ( fascicles ) in the axils of the short shoot leaves. The flower cup , which remains at the base of the fruit until the fruit is ripe, is cup-shaped. The discus that has grown together with the flower cup is thin. The petals are usually absent or - if present - about as long as the sepals . The upper ovary consists of two carpels and is twofold. The fruits are stone fruits with one or two stone pits.
Distribution and systematics
The genus was first described in 1799 by Antonio José Cavanilles . The Condalia are all native to arid regions of North and South America. Within the buckthorn family, it is classified in the tribe Rhamneae . Type species of the genus is Condalia microphylla Cav.
The approximately 20 species include:
- Condalia buxifolia Reissek : It occurs in Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina.
- Condalia correllii M.C. Johnst.
- Condalia ericoides (A. Gray) MCJohnst.
- Condalia fasciculata I.M. Johnst.
- Condalia ferrea Griseb.
- Condalia globosa I.M.Johnst.
- Condalia hookeri M.C. Johnst.
- Condalia megacarpa A. Cast.
- Condalia mexicana Schltdl.
- Condalia microphylla Cav. : It occurs in Argentina.
- Condalia mirandana M.C. Johnst .
- Condalia montana A. Cast. : It occurs in Argentina.
- Condalia spathulata A. Gray
- Condalia velutina, I. M. Johnst. : It occurs in southern Mexico.
- Condalia viridis I.M.Johnst.
- Condalia warnockii M.C. Johnst.
- Condalia weberbaueri Perkins : It occurs in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
proof
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-946292-10-4 , doi : 10.3372 / epolist2016
- ↑ a b c Diego Medan, Carsten Schirarend: Rhamnaceae . In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants . 6. Flowering plants, dicotyledons. Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , Springer, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8 , p. 333.
- ↑ a b Fernández Nava R. 1986: Rhamnaceae . In: Flora de Veracruz , Fasc. 50. 63 pp.
- ↑ a b c Fernández Nava R. 1996: Rhamnaceae . In: Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes , Fasc. 43. 68 pp.
- ↑ USDA Plants Database - Online
- ↑ Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina - Online ( Memento of the original of March 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c d e Condalia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
