Rattling pots

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Rattling pots
Small rattlespot (Rhinanthus minor)

Small rattlespot ( Rhinanthus minor )

Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Mint family (Lamiales)
Family : Summer root family (Orobanchaceae)
Genre : Rattling pots
Scientific name
Rhinanthus
L.

The rattling pots ( Rhinanthus ) form a genus within the summer root family (Orobanchaceae). The 45 to 50 species live as semi-parasites ( hemiparasitic ). The wide distribution area of the genus is North America and Eurasia , i.e. the Holarctic .

Origin of the common names

The rattling pots owe their common German name to the ripe fruits in which the seeds rattle loudly when they are moved. Rattle pots tap into the root systems of other plants with special roots ( haustoria ). The plant species that farmers consider to be “ weeds ” due to their low feed value are also popularly called milk thief or milk rascal, as the plants in the vicinity of the semi-parasites do not thrive as well.

description

Illustration of the small rattlespot ( Rhinanthus minor )
Shaggy rattlespot ( Rhinanthus alectorolophus , left) and small rattlespot (Rhinanthus minor, right)

Vegetative characteristics

Klappertopf species are annual herbaceous plants . The leaves are opposite.

Generative characteristics

The terminal, racemose inflorescences contain bracts . The flowers are zygomorphic with a double flower envelope . Of the four sepals, the upper two are about half the length and the others are almost completely fused. The petals are fused into a two-lipped corolla. The lower lip is three-lobed. There are only four stamens . The compartmentalized (loculicidal) capsule fruits contain some seeds in each fruit compartment. The seeds are broadly winged.

Klappertopf species as semi-parasites

They are semi-parasites ( hemiparasites ). Similar to the species of the genus eyebright ( Euphrasia ), the rattlespot species also have a stunted root system . In contrast, they form small nipples on the roots of neighboring plants and penetrate their ducts. Rattling pots damage their host plants, as they mainly remove large amounts of water from them.

Systematics

The genus Rhinanthus was established by Carl von Linné . The botanical genus name Rhinanthus is derived from rhinos for trunk (trunk-like extended helmet tip); Rhinanthus can be interpreted as "nosebloomed". Synonyms for Rhinanthus L. are Alectorolophus Zinn and Fistularia Kuntze .

The genus Rhinanthus was formerly part of the fig family , Rachenblütler (Scrophulariaceae). By molecular biological study has a closer relationship between all semi-parasites, which were previously classified as "Rachenblütler" with the broomrape ( Orobanche turned out), making it one Rhinanthus to the family of today Broomrape family (Orobanchaceae).

Shaggy rattlespot ( Rhinanthus alectorolophus )
Alpine rattlespot ( Rhinanthus alpinus )
Large rattlespot ( Rhinanthus angustifolius )
Awn rattlespot ( Rhinanthus glacialis )

The genus rattle pots ( Rhinanthus ) includes 45 to 50 species in the Holarctic .

  • No longer belongs to this genus:

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d Deyuan Hong, Hanbi Yang, Cun-li Jin, Manfred A. Fischer, Noel H. Holmgren, Robert R. Mill: Scrophulariaceae. : Rhinanthus , p. 96 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven (Ed.): Flora of China. Volume 18: Scrophulariaceae through Gesneriaceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, 1998, ISBN 0-915279-55-X .
  2. ^ A b c Rhinanthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Karol Marhold, 2011: Scrophulariaceae. Datasheet Rhinanthus. In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
  4. a b c d e f g R. de Soó, DA Webb: Rhinanthus L. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin u. a .: Flora Europaea . Volume 3, pages 276-280. Cambridge University Press 1972. ISBN 0-521-08489-X
  5. ^ Siegmund Seybold (Ed.): Schmeil-Fitschen interactive. CD-ROM, Version 1.1, Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6 .

literature

  • Gertrud Scherf: Meadow flowers - the nature guide with a difference. BLV-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-405-16909-7 .
  • Hans Christian Weber: Parasitism of flowering plants . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-10529-X .
  • Hans Christian Weber: Schmarotzer: Plants that live on others . Belser, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-7630-1834-4 .

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