Correa (genus)
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Correa reflexa var. Angustifolia |
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Correa is a plant genus of the family of the Rutaceae (Rutaceae). The eleven species are mainlynative tosoutheast Australia and were named in 1798 by Henry Charles Andrews after the Portuguese botanist José Francisco Corrêa da Serra (1751-1823).
description
The species of the genus Correa are shrubs or small trees . Their hair consists of star-shaped trichomes . The sepals are fused together. The stamens are arranged in two circles ( diplostemon ) and are completely fertile, the stamens are separated from each other. The flower base is eight-fold lobed.
The seeds have a centrally located and elliptically shaped hilum , the seed suture is placed at the base. The inward (ventral) endocarp is thick and persistent.
The base chromosome number is n = 16.
Occurrence
The species occur in southeastern Australia, Tasmania and southeastern Western Australia . They grow in forests and heaths.
Systematics
Here is a selection of the types:
- Correa aemula (Lindl.) F. Muell. : It occurs in western Victoria and southeastern South Australia.
- Correa alba Andrews : It occurs in eastern New South Wales, southeastern South Australia, southern Victoria and Tasmania.
- Correa bauerlenii F. Muell. : It occurs in southeastern New South Wales.
- Correa decumbens F. Muell. : It occurs in southeastern South Australia.
- Correa pulchella J. Mackay ex Sweet : It occurs in southeastern South Australia.
- Correa reflexa (Labill.) Vent. : It is widespread in Australia.
- Correabadendalii Behr : It occurs in southeastern South Australia.
literature
- Klaus Kubitzki: Correa. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume X - Flowering Plants - Eudicots - Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae , 2011, p. 321, ISBN 978-3-642-14396-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Correa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved October 2, 2018.