Magnificent bells
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Early flowering magnificent bell ( Enkianthus perulatus ) |
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The Enkianthus ( Enkianthus ) are a plant kind from the family of the heather family (Ericaceae), with twelve to 14 species in East Asia (eastern Himalaya , China including Taiwan , Japan , Indochinese Peninsula ). Enkianthus is regarded as the most original genus of the heather family and is placed in its own ( monogeneric ) subfamily Enkianthoideae .
description
The genus consists of deciduous, rarely evergreen , shrubs and small trees . The alternate arranged in clusters at the ends of the branches leaves are stalked, simple, with serrated or almost smooth sheet edge.
There are usually too many in terminal umbellate or umbrella- shaped inflorescences ; only a few species have the flowers singly or in pairs. The shape of the corolla ranges from broadly bell-shaped to jug-shaped, the corolla lobes are always short. In the stamens , which are in two circles and are much shorter than the crown, the stamens are flat and broadened at the base. The oblong anthers , each of begrannten at the top counters will open a slot. In contrast to many other heather plants, the pollen grains do not remain united in tetrads. The Upper constant ovary with abgestutzter scar has few ovules per carpel .
An egg-shaped, loculicidal capsule fruit is formed in which the number of ripe seeds can be reduced to one. The seeds are mostly winged.
species
There are twelve to 14 species of Enkianthus :
- Magnificent bell-shaped bell ( Enkianthus campanulatus (Miq.) G. Nicholson ): It occurs on Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku.
- Nodding magnificent bell ( Enkianthus cernuus (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook. F. Ex Makino ): It occurs on Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku.
- Enkianthus chinensis Franch. : It occurs in China.
- Overbend splendid bell ( Enkianthus deflexus (handle.) CK Schneid. ): It occurs in two varieties in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and in China.
- Enkianthus pallidiflorus Craib : It was first described from Japan.
- Enkianthus pauciflorus E. H. Wilson : It occurs in Sichuan and Yunnan at altitudes between 3000 and 3700 meters.
- Early flowering magnificent bell ( Enkianthus perulatus C. K. Schneid. ): It occurs on Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and in northern Taiwan.
- Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour. : It occurs in Vietnam, Taiwan and China.
- Enkianthus recurvus Craib : It was first described from Japan.
- Enkianthus ruber Dop : It was described from Vietnam.
- Enkianthus serotinus Chun & WP Fang : It occurs in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan.
- Enkianthus serrulatus (EH Wilson) CK Schneid. : It occurs in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi.
- Enkianthus subsessilis (Miq.) Makino
- Enkianthus taiwanianus S. S. Ying : It was first described from Taiwan.
- Enkianthus tectus Craib : It was first described from Japan.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Fang Ruizheng (方 瑞 征 Fang Rhui-cheng); Peter F. Stevens: Enkianthus Loureiro - the same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (ed.): Flora of China. Volume 14: Ericaceae. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2010
- ↑ Enkianthoideae on Kathleen A. Kron's Ericaceae homepage
- ↑ a b Description from KA Kron
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Enkianthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
