Pseudoselago
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Pseudoselago serrata |
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Pseudoselago is a 28 kinds comprehensive plant genus of the family of Figworts (Scrophulariaceae).
description
Selago species are heather-like, heavily branched dwarf shrubs or occasionally perennial or annual herbaceous plants . They are hairy to tomentose. The stems are prostrate to creeping, ascending or erect. They are usually winged or grooved. The leaves are stem-borne, sessile and stand individually or in clusters, in the lower area they are opposite, but become more and more alternate upwards. The leaf blade is linear, towards the front they are pointed to blunt, the leaf margin is entire.
The flowers are sessile. The calyx is deeply divided into five almost equally large lobes, with the axially facing (adaxial) calyx lobe being the shortest. The crown is colored white and has an orange spot on the upper lip. The coronet is divided into two lips, the upper lip being composed of two or four petals, the lower one of three or one petals. There are four stamens , of which the axially remote (abaxial) two protrude beyond the crown. The ovary is elongated elliptically. The scar is tongue-shaped.
The fruits contain two indented seeds that are convex on one side and more or less straight on the other.
Occurrence
The 28 species of the genus can be found in the southwestern Cape region of South Africa .
Systematics
With the exception of one species, all species in this genus were published in 1995 by the South African botanist Olive Mary Hilliard (born 1926) in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany, vol. 52 (3): Pages 245–328 for this genus first described. In 2012 another species was added: Pseudoselago hilliardiae J.C. Manning & Goldblatt . It occurs in the Western Cape.
This subheading includes, for example:
- Pseudoselago serrata (PJBergius) Hilliard (Syn .: Selago serrata P.J.Bergius )
literature
- E. Fischer: Scrophulariaceae . In: K. Kubitzki, JW Kadereit: The Families and Generas of vascular Plants: Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Lamiales , Volume VII, Springer Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-540-40593-1 .
