Cretan ricotia

Cretan ricotia
	Cretan ricotia ( Ricotia cretica )
Systematics
	Eurosiden II
Order :	Cruciferous (Brassicales)
Family :	Cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae)
Tribe :	Biscutelleae
Genre :	Ricotia
Type :	Cretan ricotia
Scientific name
	Ricotia cretica
	Boiss. & Hero.

The Cretan ricotia ( Ricotia cretica ) is a species of the genus Ricotia within the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae).

description

The Cretan Ricotia is an annual herbaceous plant that is 10-25 centimeters high. She is bald; their alternate leaves are pinnate with obovate, whole or lobed leaf sections. The 4 sepals are erect, the inner ones are sagging at the base. The 4 petals are clearly delineated, 10-12 millimeters long and pink to purple and white to yellowish in the center. The fruits and pods are relatively large, flat and brownish, wingless and stand on bent-back stems. They are 3–5 inches long and 8–9 millimeters wide. The rough, brownish seeds are up to 5 millimeters in size and are flat, lined and rounded.

The flowering period is between March and June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.

Occurrence

Ricotia cretica is endemic to Crete . The species thrives on rocks, rubble and fallow land, mostly on lime.

Taxonomy

The Cretan Ricotia was written by Pierre Edmond Boissier and Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich in Boissier: Diagn. Pl. Orient. Nov. 2 (8): 29, first described in 1849. The generic name possibly originated in honor of Paul Rycaut (1628-1700), an English diplomat and traveler of Huguenot descent.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . Page 154.
^ ^A ^b Peter William Ball: Ricotia L. S. 358. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al: Flora Europaea , 2nd edition, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press 1992, ISBN 0-521-41007-X . ( limited preview in Google Book search)
↑ Seeds of Ricotia cretica on semina-tischler.de.
↑ Ricotia cretica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Karol Marhold, 2011: Brassicaceae. : Datasheet Ricotia cretica In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

Web links

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

Ricotia cretica at Cretan Flora.

[Schönfelder2008-1] Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . Page 154.

[FloraEuropaea1992-2] A ^b Peter William Ball: Ricotia L. S. 358. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin et al: Flora Europaea , 2nd edition, Volume 1, Cambridge University Press 1992, ISBN 0-521-41007-X . ( limited preview in Google Book search)

[3] Seeds of Ricotia cretica on semina-tischler.de.

[IPCN-4] Ricotia cretica at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Euro+Med-5] Karol Marhold, 2011: Brassicaceae. : Datasheet Ricotia cretica In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

[Burkhardt_2018-6] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .