Montpellier rockrose
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The Cistus Monspeliensis ( Cistus monspeliensis ) is a plant from the genus of cistus ( Cistus ) in the family of rockrose (Cistaceae).
description
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Vegetative characteristics
The Montpellier rockrose is a strongly aromatic shrub that is 60 to 120 (up to 180) centimeters tall.
The cross-opposite, sitting leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters long and linear-lanceolate. The leaf margins are strongly rolled down. The upper side of the leaf is dark green and sparsely hairy, the underside is lighter and thickly star-haired.
Generative characteristics
The inflorescence is one-sided with two to eight flowers. The flower stalks are very sticky-glandular.
The flowers are 2 to 3 centimeters in diameter. The five sepals are veined in red, the outer ones somewhat larger than the inner ones. The five petals are white and slightly edged. The numerous stamens are yellow.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.
ecology
The flowering period extends from April to June. The flowers are very short-lived, but this is offset by the general abundance of flowers. The Montpellier cistus has the property that it can recover after the forest fires that often occur. After the leaf falls, the next generation of leaves appears, which results in an evergreen appearance.
Occurrence
The Montpellier rock rose is a western and central Mediterranean floral element . It comes westward to the Canary Islands and Madeira and eastward to the Aegean coast of mainland Greece with local outposts on Naxos and Crete , the Turkish Aegean coast and Cyprus . It is a naturalized neophyte in the US state of California and the Australian state of Victoria .
The Montpellier rockrose occurs in clearings in the forest and maquis and in Mediterranean dwarf shrub willows at lower to medium altitudes and is often a stock-forming plant there. In the Canary Islands it lives in the pine forest level. It usually grows on weakly acidic, nutrient-poor soils .
Taxonomy
The first publication of Cistus monspeliensis was in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum . Within the genus Cistus it is placed in the subgenus Leucocistus and the section Ledonia .
supporting documents
literature
- Martin Rikli : The vegetation of the Mediterranean countries. First volume. Hans Huber, Bern 1942–43.
- Ingrid Schönfelder, Peter Schönfelder : The cosmos Mediterranean flora. Over 500 Mediterranean plants in color photos (= Kosmos nature guide ). 2nd Edition. Franckh, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-440-05300-8 .
- Dankwart Seidel: Flowers on the Mediterranean. Determine accurately with the 3-check . BLV, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-405-16294-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Jean-Pierre Demoly, Pedro Montserrat: Cistus . In: Santiago Castroviejo, Carlos Aedo, Santos Cirujano, Manuel Laínz, Pedro Montserrat, Ramón Morales, Félix Muñoz Garmendia, Carmen Navarro, Jorge Paiva, Carlos Soriano (eds.): Flora Ibérica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares . Vol. III. Plumbaginaceae (partim) - Capparaceae . Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid 1993, ISBN 84-00-07375-4 , p. 325 ( PDF file ).
- ^ A b Robert Desmond Meikle: Flora of Cyprus. Volume One (Pinaceae to Theligonaceae) . Bentham-Moxon Trust & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London 1977, ISBN 0-9504876-3-5 , pp. 183 .
- ↑ Cistus monspeliensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Alfred Hansen, Per Sunding: Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants (= Sommerfeltia. Volume 17). 4th revised edition. 1993, pp. 88-89.
- ↑ Distribution map in Rikli 1942–43: p. 228
- ↑ USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile: Cistus monspeliensis .
- ↑ Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Cistus monspeliensis ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Last accessed: December 12, 2015.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum. Volume 1, Lars Salvius, Stockholm 1753, p. 524 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Cistus monspeliensis at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed December 12, 2015.
Web links
- Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler. [1]