Cretan Lecokie

Cretan Lecokie
	Cretan Lecokie ( Lecokia cretica )
Systematics
	Euasterids II
Order :	Umbelliferae (Apiales)
Family :	Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)
Subfamily :	Apioideae
Genre :	Lecokie
Type :	Cretan Lecokie
Scientific name of the genus
	Lecokia
	DC.
Scientific name of the species
	Lecokia cretica
	( Lam. ) DC.

Fruit cluster

The Cretan Lecokia ( Lecokia cretica ) is a species of the genus Lecokia and thus of the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae). It is the only species in the genus Lecokia .

description

The Cretan Lecokie is a perennial plant that is 40–100 centimeters high. It is glabrous, with a ribbed stem, and has single to double-pinnate or threefold, opposite leaves. The toothed to serrated or lobed to cut and pointed leaf sections are egg-shaped. The terminal double umbels are about 6–10-rayed with fixed rays, the umbels have little or no bracts and the umbels have a few bracts. The flowers are white. The chopped-prickly and ribbed fissure fruits , with a carpophor , are egg-shaped, up to 15 millimeters long, somewhat compressed and short beaked . They have some oil cells (vittae).

The flowering period is March to May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.

distribution

Lecokia cretica occurs in Crete , Cyprus, in the Aegean Sea and in Western Asia to Iran . It thrives on streams, in evergreen forests and in bushes.

Taxonomy

The Cretan Lecokie was by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck in Encycl. 1: 259, first described as Cachrys cretica in 1783 . It was named Lecokia cretica (Lam.) DC by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle . in Coll. Mém. 5: 75, placed in the genus Lecokia newly established by him in 1829 .

literature

Yeter Yeşil, Emine Akalın: A morphological and anatomical study of Lecokia cretica (Apiaceae). In: İstanbul Ecz. Fac. Derg. / J. Fac. Pharm. Istanbul. 44 (2), 2014, pp. 201-206, online at researchgate.net.

Joachim W. Kadereit , Volker Bittrich: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol.XV : Flowering Plants Eudicots , Springer, 2018, ISBN 978-3-319-93604-8 , pp. 32, 61, 146.

Web links

Commons : Cretan Lecokie ( Lecokia cretica ) - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 78.
↑ Lecokia cretica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
↑ ^a ^b Ralf Hand (2011): Apiaceae. - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. "Lecokia" data sheet .

[Schönfelder2008-1] Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 78.

[IPCN-2] Lecokia cretica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

[Euro+Med-3] Ralf Hand (2011): Apiaceae. - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. "Lecokia" data sheet .