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Thorn cherries
Chinese thorn cherry (Prinsepia uniflora)

Chinese thorn cherry ( Prinsepia uniflora )

Systematics
Rosids
Eurosiden I
Order : Rose-like (rosales)
Family : Rose family (Rosaceae)
Subfamily : Spiraeoideae
Genre : Thorn cherries
Scientific name
Prinsepia
Royle

The prinsepia ( Prinsepia ) are a genus of about five species from the family of Rosaceae (Rosaceae), as deciduous shrubs growing. The natural range of the genus is in East Asia. The species are rarely used as ornamental shrubs by aficionados.

description

Thorny branch with blossoms of the Chinese thorn cherry ( Prinsepia uniflora )

The species of the genus Prinsepia grow as deciduous, upright or climbing, sparse and early shrubs with axillary thorns . The branches are thin and have a chambered Mark . The buds are small and covered with a few hairy scales. The leaves are arranged alternately or are sometimes in clusters on short shoots. The stipules are small, lanceolate and fall off early. The petiole is short and sometimes provided with sap glands . The leaf blade is simple, glabrous, entire or has a serrate edge.

The hermaphrodite flowers are solitary or in racemose inflorescences that grow individually or in clusters in leaf axils of annual twigs. The flower stalk is missing. The flower cup has a ring-shaped disc . The five petals are white, cream or yellow, rounded with a nailed base. The ten or more stamens are arranged in two or more whorls . The stamens are short. The ovary is upper, glabrous and single-fan. The two ovules are hanging and arranged parallel to each other. The stylus stands near the base of the ovary, the stigma is head-shaped. As fruits 1 to 1.5 centimeters long, red often more or less Frosted are drupes formed. The mesocarp is fleshy, the stone core leathery, smooth or somewhat furrowed and obliquely egg-shaped.

distribution

The range of the species is in East Asia and ranges from Manchuria to the Himalayas .

Systematics and research history

The prinsepia ( Prinsepia ) are a genus in the family of Rosaceae (Rosaceae). There they are assigned to the tribe Osmaronieae in the subfamily Spiraeoideae . The genus was first described by John Forbes Royle in 1835 . The generic name chosen by him Prinsepia is reminiscent of the English archaeologist and colonial administrator James Prinsep (1799-1840), who was the first European to decipher the commandments of the ancient Indian king Ashoka . Synonyms are Plagiospermum Oliv. and Sinoplagiospermum Rauschert .

According to the Flora of China, a distinction is made between around five species, there and in the Plant List the following four species are specified:

Illustration of the Manchurian thorn cherry ( Prinsepia sinensis )

use

The species are only used as hobby shrubs without great ornamental value.

proof

literature

  • Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , pp. 469-470.
  • Jost Fitschen : Woody flora . 12th, revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2007, ISBN 3-494-01422-1 , p. 671-672 .
  • Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China . Volume 9: Pittosporaceae through Connaraceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2003, ISBN 1-930723-14-8 , pp. 389 (English).
  • Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (reprint from 1996).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German name according to Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 469 and according to Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 671
  2. ↑ a b c d Prinsepia in Flora of China , Volume 9, p. 389
  3. ↑ a b c d Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 469
  4. ↑ D. Potter, T. Eriksson, RC Evans, S. Oh, JEE Smedmark, DR Morgan, M. Kerr, KR Robertson, M. Arsenault, TA Dickinson, CS Campbell: Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae . Plant Systematics and Evolution, Volume 266, 2007, pp. 5-43. doi : 10.1007 / s00606-007-0539-9
  5. ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 645
  6. ↑ Prinsepia. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed May 26, 2012 .
  7. ↑ Prinsepia. In: The Plant List. Retrieved May 26, 2012 .
  8. ↑ a b German name according to Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 469-470 and according to Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 672

Web links

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