Physalis muelleri

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Physalis muelleri
Systematics
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Nightshade (Solanales)
Family : Nightshade family (Solanaceae)
Genre : Bladder cherries ( Physalis )
Type : Physalis muelleri
Scientific name
Physalis muelleri
Waterf.

Physalis muelleri is a plant type from the genus of jujubes ( Physalis ) in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).

description

Physalis muelleri is a perennial , herbaceous plant . The hair consists of short trichomes that are only 0.5 mm long, some of them have glandular heads. The leaves are egg-shaped, the edge is covered with large, uneven teeth. The largest leaves are about 4 to 8 cm long and 2.8 to 5.5 cm wide. The leaf stalks reach a length of 15 to 35 mm.

The flowers are on 5 to 6 mm long pedicels . The calyx is 6 to 8 mm long and about 5 mm wide at flowering time. The calyx lobes are ovate-triangular to lanceolate and pointed and 2 to 4 mm long. The crown is colored yellow and has markings. It becomes 10 to 12 mm long and measures 12 to 15 mm in diameter. The anthers are yellow and 3.5 to 4 mm long, the stamens are 3 to 5 mm long.

On the fruit, the calyx enlarges to 17 to 22 mm in length and 15 to 18 mm in width and is protruding, short-haired and hairy. Part of the hair has glandular heads. The cross section of the fruit calyx is ten-angular or ten-ribbed. The fruit stalk is 10 to 15 mm long, the berry measures 10 to 14 mm in length.

Occurrence

The species is common in Mexico .

Systematics

Within the genus of the bladder cherries ( Physalis ), the species is classified in the section Lanceolatae of the subgenus Rydbergis .

proof

literature

  • Umaldy Theodore Waterfall: Physalis in Mexico, Central America and the West Indies . In: Rhodora , Volume 69, Number 777, New England Botanical Club, Oxford 1967. pp. 82-120.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mahinda Martínez: Infrageneric Taxonomy of Physalis . In: M. Nee, DE Symon, RN Lester and JP Jessop (eds.): Solanaceae IV, Advances in Biology and Utilization , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1999. ISBN 978-1-900347-90-7 . Pp. 275-283