Lyons

Lyons
Lyonia ovalifolia
Systematics
Empire : Plants (Plantae) Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) Asterids Order : Heather-like (Ericales) Family : Heather family (Ericaceae) Genre : Lyons
Scientific name
Lyonia
Nutt.

Lyons ( Lyonia ) are a genus of plants within the heather family (Ericaceae). The 36 or so species are common in Asia and North America.

description

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Vegetative characteristics

Lyonia species are deciduous or evergreen shrubs and trees . Some have rhizomes . The leaves are arranged in a spiral.

Generative characteristics

The inflorescences are lateral. The flowers are typically white, occasionally red. There are fruit capsules formed.

Fossil evidence

From the Middle Miocene strata in the area around Fasterholt near Silkeborg in Jutland ( Denmark ) 37 fossil fruits of the extinct species Lyonia danica have been described.

Systematics

The genus Lyonia was established by Thomas Nuttall .

• Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nutt. : It only thrives at altitudes of 0 to 100 meters in the southeastern US states of Florida , Georgia and South Carolina .
• Lyonia fruticosa (Michx.) GSTorr.
• Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. : There are two varieties in the eastern United States.
• Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch : It occurs in the southeastern US states of Alabama , Florida, Georgia, North Carolina , South Carolina, Virginia and Mississippi .
• Lyonia mariana (L.) D.Don : It occurs in the central to eastern US states of New Jersey , New York , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , Missouri , Oklahoma , Arkansas , Delaware , Florida, Georgia, Louisiana , Maryland , North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Texas

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• Lyonia ovalifolia (Wall.) Drude : It is common in Nepal , China , Japan , Cambodia , Myanmar , Thailand , Vietnam and Malaysia .

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literature

• Walter S. Judd: Lyonia , pp. 500-502 - the same text online as the printed work , In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 8: Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-534026-6 . (Sections Description, Distribution and Systematics)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Walter S. Judd: Lyonia , pp. 500-502 - online with the same text as the printed work , In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 8: Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-534026-6 .
2. ↑ Else Marie Friis : Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) . In: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters volume = 24 . No. 3, 1985.
3. ^ Lyonia at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed on May 26, 2019.
4. ^ ^{A b c d} Lyonia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

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