Chilean silk

Chilean silk
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Nightshade (Solanales)
Family :	Bindweed family (Convolvulaceae)
Genre :	Silk ( cuscuta )
Type :	Chilean silk
Scientific name
	Cuscuta suaveolens
	Ser.

The Chilean silk ( Cuscuta suaveolens ) is a plant of the genus silk ( Cuscuta ) in the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). This parasite is common in South America .

description

Chilean Silk is a one-year , herbaceous plant reached, the plant height of 20 to 50 centimeters. It is similar to North American silk , but has larger flowers and a corolla tube that protrudes noticeably far from the calyx. The gullet scales are large and almost as long as the corolla tube. The pen is about as long and wide as the roll-shaped ovary .

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.

ecology

Chilean silk is a total parasite .

Occurrence

The native of the species is Chile , Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay. It is a neophyte almost worldwide . It was first observed in Germany in 1842 and can be found in alfalfa and clover fields. She.

literature

Siegmund Seybold : Flora of Germany and neighboring countries. A book for identifying vascular plants that grow wild and often cultivated . Founded by Otto Schmeil , Jost Fitschen . 93rd completely revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2006, ISBN 3-494-01413-2 .
Hans-Joachim Zündorf, Karl-Friedrich Günther, Heiko Korsch, Werner Westhus (eds.): Flora of Thuringia. The wild fern and flowering plants of Thuringia . Weissdorn, Jena 2006, ISBN 3-936055-09-2 .

Individual evidence

↑ Cuscuta suaveolens at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ ^a ^b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 774 .
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Cuscuta suaveolens. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 23, 2017.

Web links

Cuscuta suaveolens Ser., Chilean silk. In: FloraWeb.de.
Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
Chilean silk . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.

[IPCN-1] Cuscuta suaveolens at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Oberdorfer2001-2] Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 774 .

[WCSP-3] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Cuscuta suaveolens. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 23, 2017.