Linderniaceae

Linderniaceae
	Torenia glabra
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Linderniaceae
Scientific name
	Linderniaceae
	( Rchb. ) Borsch , Kai Müll. & Eb.Fish.

Linderniaceae is a family of plants in the order of the mint family (Lamiales). The 13 genera with around 195 species are distributed almost worldwide from the tropics to warm temperate areas.

description

Lindernia procumbens , Syn .: Lindernia pyxidaria auct. - Illustration in:
Johann Georg Sturm (Drawing: Jacob Sturm) (1796)

Artanema longifolium , illustration

Schizotorenia atropurpurea , illustration

They are annual to perennial herbaceous plants . Most of the species are small. The stems are square. The opposite leaves are entire or serrate.

The flowers are solitary or in racemose inflorescences at the shoot ends, or individually in the leaf axils. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and usually five-fold with a double flower envelope . The calyx tube is green. The petals are fused into a corolla tube. Stamens are usually four or only two, whereby when there are four the two upper ones are very different from the lower ones.

There are fruit capsules formed.

Systematics and distribution

The genera that are now classified in the family linderniaceae were earlier to the families of Figworts (Scrophulariaceae), plantain plants expected (Plantaginaceae) or Veronicaceae.

The Linderniaceae family is represented more or less worldwide from the tropics to the warm temperate climates . The diversity center of the family is in the Neotropic .

In the Linderniaceae family there are 13 genera with around 195 species:

Amphiolanthus Griseb. : The only three species occur only in Cuba .
Artanema D.Don : Distributed with around five species in the tropics of Africa and Asia.

Bampsia Lisowski & Mielcarek : With only two species occur only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Chamaegigas Dinter ex Heil : It contains only one species:

Chamaegigas intrepidus Dinter ex Heil (Syn .: Lindernia intrepida (Dinter ex Heil) Oberm. ): It occurs in southwestern Africa.

Craterostigma Hochst. : The 9 to 20 species are common in Africa, Madagascar and India .

Crepidorhopalon Eb. Fish. : The 28 to 30 species are distributed from tropical to southern Africa and Madagascar.

Hartliella Eb. Fish. : The four species occur only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Hemiarrhena Benth. : It contains only one type:

Hemiarrhena plantaginea (F.Muell.) Benth. : It is common in Australia .

Legazpia Blanco : it contains only one species:

Legazpia polygonoides (Benth.) T. Yamaz. : It is common in Asia.

Bush herbs ( Lindernia All. ) (Syn .: Anagalloides Krock. , Bonnaya Link & Otto , Geoffraya Bonati , Ilysanthes Raf. , Strigina Engl. , Vandellia P.Browne ex L. ): The 70 to 100 species are found in warm areas in the New and Old World common.

Micranthemum Michx. : The five or so species are common in the New World.

Picria Lour. : It contains only one type:

Picria felterrae Lour. : It is common in Asia.

Pierranthus Bonati : It contains only one species:

Pierranthus capitatus (Bonati) Bonati : It is common in Southeast Asia.

Schizotorenia T.Yamaz. : Probably only one species is common in Southeast Asia.

Scolophyllum T. Yamaz . : Probably only one species is common in Southeast Asia.

Stemodiopsis Engl .: The only three species are common in Africa.

Torenia L .: There are around 15 to 40 species. The Torenia hybrids ( Torenia fournieri is one of the parents), known as the ornamental plant of the clown face, torenie or velvet face,are cultivated as ornamental plants for rooms and as bedding and balcony plants in temperate latitudes.

The Linderniaceae family contains some drought-tolerant ( poikilohydre ) species of the genus Craterostigma .

photos

In the case of the Torenia hybrids known as the ornamental plant of the clown face, torenie or velvet face, one parent is Torenia fournieri : Torenia fournieri :

Lindernia crustacea :

Micranthemum umbrosum (JF Gmel.) SF Blake ( Round-leaved pearl herb ):

swell

The Linderniaceae family on the AP website . (Sections systematics and description)

Individual evidence

↑ Linderniaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^ ^A ^b David John Mabberley: Mabberley's Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. 3. Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Web links

Commons : Linderniaceae - collection of images, videos and audio files

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[GRIN-1] Linderniaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2014.

[Mabberley2008-2] A ^b David John Mabberley: Mabberley's Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. 3. Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).