Cryptandra

Cryptandra
	Cryptandra ericoides , illustration
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Rose-like (rosales)
Family :	Buckthorn Family (Rhamnaceae)
Genre :	Cryptandra
Scientific name
	Cryptandra
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Cryptandra amara

Cryptandra ericoides

Cryptandra myriantha

Cryptandra is a genus from the family of the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It isnativeto Australia and includes over 40 species.

description

Cryptandra are evergreen, often thorny shrubs . The very small and narrow leaves are hairy white tomentose on their underside and are often in clusters.

The flowers are either as individual flowers or head-end or spike-like cymes . The flower cup is tubular to bell-shaped, the often weakly lobed disc with star hair is wreath-shaped.

The ovary is below, the partial fruits open at the extreme end as well as laterally. The three-lobed aril is succulent .

Distribution and systematics

Cryptandra are all native to non-tropical Australia. The genus was first described by James Edward Smith in 1798 . Within the buckthorn family , it is classified in the tribe Pomaderreae . The genus includes over 40 species.

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 332, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8

Web links

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[kub-1] D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 332, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8