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Reseda , even Resede or Wau called, is a plant genus in the family of mignonette (Resedaceae). It is the only genus of this family that occurs in Central Europe.
description
Illustration from Sturm von Gelber Wau ( Reseda lutea ) and Färber-Wau ( Reseda luteola )
Detail of an inflorescence of the dyer's woof ( Reseda luteola )
Rapunzel woof ( Reseda phyteuma )
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Vegetative characteristics
Reseda species are herbaceous plants that are annual to perennial . The leaves are simple or pinnate. At the bottom they usually have two teeth.
Generative characteristics
The flowers are in the axils of bracts. The mostly hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic with mostly double flower covers . There are four to eight sepals available. The four to eight petals are yellow, whitish or greenish. There are 10 to 25 stamens present. Three or four carpels are a einfächrigen, Upper permanent ovary grown. One stylus is missing. There are three to six scars.
The capsule fruit is already open at the top as an unfertilized ovary and remains open until it is ripe.
etymology
The scientific name Reseda is derived from the Latin resedare for “breastfeed”, “to alleviate”. Various types of Reseda were used as remedies or to conjure up diseases. In German Resede used since the 18th century. The German common name Wau is derived from Wouw or Wouwe , the Dutch name for the Färber-Wau . The first evidence of this German name comes from 1632 and 1647, and the name Wau has also been used in technical works since 1738 .
Reseda green color
Since the mignonette was used for dyeing, its name found its way into the color names. As Reseda green of light brownish-green color in the official's RAL -Farbtabelle listed under number 6011th After the Second World War , it was able to establish itself temporarily as a primer for machines and other technical systems, which was defined by DIN standard 1844 until 1974 .
Systematics
The genus Reseda was established by Carl von Linné .
In the genus Reseda there are about 55 species, of which about 20 occur in Europe. Here is a selection:
- Weißer Wau ( Reseda alba L. ): The home is southern Europe , North Africa , the Arabian Peninsula and western Asia . With several subspecies. It is used as an ornamental plant and rarely goes wild.
- Reseda glauca L .: It occurs in Spain, Andorra and France.
- Reseda inodora Rchb. : It is originally found in Southeastern Europe and Eastern Europe.
- Yellow woof ( Reseda lutea L. )
- Färber-Wau ( Reseda luteola L. ): The home is the Mediterranean. In Central Europe it is a long-established cultural relic .
- Reseda media Lag .: It is originally found in Morocco, Portugal, Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Azores.
- Fragrant Reseda , also called Garden Reseda ( Reseda odorata L. ): The only home is Cyrenaica . It is seldom cultivated and occasionally wilds.
- Small mignonette , devil's claw mignonette, Rapunzel Wau ( Reseda phyteuma L. ): It occurs in Europe, North Africa and West Asia and is u. a. at home in the Pannonian region of Austria. With two subspecies.
- Reseda suffruticosa Loefl. : It occurs in Spain.
Individual evidence
- ↑ woof, m. the färberreseda, horse fever, yellow cabbage, reseda luteola . In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 27 : W – way [twittering] -zwiesel - (XIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1922, Sp. 2607 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
- ^ Otto Wagner green: The Vienna light rail. On: bda.gv.at. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Not because of "Otto Wagner Green": It was white! , Article in Die Presse on April 11, 2018, p. 9
- ^ Reseda in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d e S. Martin-Bravo, 2011: Resedaceae : Data sheet Reseda In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
literature
- Siegmund Seybold (Ed.): Schmeil-Fitschen interactive . CD-ROM, version 1.1. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6 .
- Manfred A. Fischer, Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol . 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5 .
- Peter Frederick Yeo: Reseda L. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin u. a .: Flora Europaea . 2nd edition, volume 1, pages 418-420. Cambridge University Press 1993, ISBN 0-521-41007-X .
