Nitrariaceae

Nitrariaceae
	Nitraria billiard egg
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Rosids
	Eurosiden II
Order :	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family :	Nitrariaceae
Scientific name
	Nitrariaceae
	Bercht. & J. Presl

The Nitrariaceae are a family of plants within the order of the soap tree-like (Sapindales). For some authors, nitraria is the only genus in the family. The home is arid and semi-arid areas in North Africa , in central, northern and western Asia , in southern Australia (only Nitraria billardierei ) and in Southeast Europe to Asia Minor (only Charmykstrauch ( Nitraria schoberi )).

description

Illustration of Nitraria retusa

Nitraria billiard egg

They are deciduous shrubs that are mostly succulent and reach heights of 0.5 to 2 meters. Some species have thorns . The opposite, arranged in bundles or spirally on the branch leaves are simple, entire, lobed or with two to three teeth; they can be stalked or semi-sitting. There are narrow stipules .

The flowers stand alone or grouped in cymes . The hermaphrodite flowers are three, four or five-fold. The often five petals are white or yellowish green. There are (10 to) 15 free stamens . Two to six carpels have become an under constant ovary grown.

Nitraria form purple, red or yellow drupes and peganum and tetradiclis capsule fruits .

Nitraria schoberi

Flower of Peganum harmala

Capsule fruits of Peganum harmala

Systematics

The family includes about one to three genera with 11 to 18 species:

Nitraria L .: The seven to eleven species are distributed from the western Sahara to Central Asia and Australia .
Peganum L. (including Malacocarpus Fisch. & CAMey. ) It contains about four to six species (with capsule fruits), including for example:
- Steppe rue ( Peganum harmala L. ): It occurs mainly in deserts, semi-deserts and steppes from western Asia to northern India , and occasionally also in the Mediterranean region.
Tetradiclis Steven ex M.Bieb. (with capsule fruits): It contains only one type:
- Tetradiclis tenella (Honorary Holder) Litv. : It iswidespreadin European Russia , Ukraine , Egypt , Pakistan , Western Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus .

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The family of Nitrariaceae in APWebsite. (Section description and systematics)
The Nitrariaceae family at DELTA. (Section description, only with the genus Nitraria )
Yingxin Liu & Lihua Zhou: Nitrariaceae , p. 41 - the same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven & Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China , Volume 11 - Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, April 18, 2008. ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3 (Description of the family and identification key of the Chinese taxa, only with the genus Nitraria )
KL Wilson: The Nitrariaceae Family at New South Wales Flora online . (Only with the genus Nitraria )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Yingxin Liu & Lihua Zhou: Nitrariaceae , p. 41 - same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven & Deyuan Hong (eds.): Flora of China , Volume 11 - Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, April 18, 2008. ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3
^ ^A ^b Nitrariaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Web links

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

Nitraria schoberi at Plants for a Future. (engl.)

[FoC-1] Yingxin Liu & Lihua Zhou: Nitrariaceae , p. 41 - same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven & Deyuan Hong (eds.): Flora of China , Volume 11 - Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae , Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis, April 18, 2008. ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3

[GRIN-2] A ^b Nitrariaceae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.