Sudeten monkshood

Sudeten monkshood
Sudeten monkshood ( Aconitum plicatum )
Systematics
Order : Buttercups (Ranunculales) Family : Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae) Subfamily : Ranunculoideae Tribe : Delphinieae Genre : Monkshood ( aconite ) Type : Sudeten monkshood
Scientific name
Aconitum plicatum
Koehler ex Rchb.

The Sudeten monkshood ( Aconitum plicatum ), also known as fold-fronted monkshood , is a species of the genus monkshood ( Aconitum ) within the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).

description

The Sudeten monkshood grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and usually reaches heights of 30 to 150 (25 to 190) centimeters. The Sudeten monkshood has a non-spherical turnip as a persistence and storage organ. The stem is erect. The stem leaves have an indistinct network of veins on the underside.

The flowering period extends from July to September. The simple or slightly branched, racemose inflorescence is hairy. The bare prophylls the lowermost Endtraubenblüte are at a length of 1 to 2 (often up to 3) mm linear, triangular. The outside of the perigon and the flower stalks are scattered or densely covered with crooked trichomes , and the flower stalks may also be bare. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic . The tepals are colored blue to purple. The helmet, i.e. the top tepal, is usually wider than it is high. The nectar leaves can also be hairy or bare, the stamens only have dense and protruding trichomes in the upper part. There are two or three carpels . The seeds are black.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 32.

The Sudeten monkshood is very poisonous.

Occurrence and endangerment

Within Germany, the Sudeten monkshood occurs scattered in southern Saxony (Ore Mountains) and rarely in Bavaria (Bavarian Forest, Fichtel Mountains).

Aconitum plicatum settled Hochstaudenfluren , spring swamps and ravine forests.

According to the Federal Nature Conservation Act , Aconitum plicatum is classified as particularly protected.

Taxonomy

The first description of this species was made by Johann Christian Gottlieb Köhler and the valid first publication of Aconitum plicatum was in 1819 by Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach in an overview of the genus Aconitum , 29. Synonyms for Aconitum plicatum Köhler ex Rchb. are: Aconitum amoenum Rchb. , Aconitum bracteosum J.Presl , Aconitum callibotryon Rchb. , Aconitum clusii Rchb. , Aconitum firmum Rchb. , Aconitum hians Rchb. , Aconitum laetum Rchb. , Aconitum napellus subsp. firmum auct. non ( Rchb. ) Gáyer 1912, Aconitum napellus subsp. hians ( Rchb. ) Gáyer .

literature

• Eckehart J. Jäger (ed.): Excursion flora from Germany. Vascular plants: baseline . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. 20th, revised and expanded edition. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8274-1606-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 400.
2. ↑ Aconitum plicatum at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

Commons : Sudeten monkshood ( Aconitum plicatum )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Sudeten monkshood. In: FloraWeb.de.
• Distribution map for Germany. In: Floraweb .
• Sudeten monkshood . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
• Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
• Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )