Sageretia
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Sageretia is a genus from the family of the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae). It includes around 35 species that are mostly native to Asia. Sageretia theezans is a popular species among bonsai gardeners. The generic name honors Augustin Sageret (1763-1851), a French botanist.
description
Sageretia are evergreen or deciduous, reinforced or unreinforced shrubs or small trees. They are seldom climbing plants, thorns are used for climbing, which actually represent modified inflorescence axes. The leaves are alternate or almost opposite.
The tiny, sessile flowers stand as glomeruli in terminal or axillary, spike-shaped thyrses . The flower cup may be missing or it may be short and bell-shaped to bowl-shaped. The thin to fleshy disc , occasionally fused with the flower cup, is ring-shaped to cup-shaped. The ovary is on top. The fruits are more or less fleshy stone fruits with two to three stone pits. The endocarp is extremely hard and incompletely single or double.
Distribution and systematics
The Sageretia comprise around 35 species. The main distribution area is Asia, but some species are also found in Africa and America. The genus was first described in 1827 by Adolphe Théodore Brongniart . Within the buckthorn family, it is classified in the tribe Rhamneae . The types include:
- Sageretia brandrethiana Aitch. : It occurs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Some authors also call it the Sageretia thea (Osbeck) MC Johnst variety . var. brandrethiana (Aitch.) Qaiser & Nazim. put to Sageretia thea .
- Sageretia camellifolia Y.L. Chen & PK Chou
- Sageretia filiformis G. Don
- Sageretia gracilis J.R. Drumm. & Sprague
- Sageretia hamosa (Wall. Ex Roxb.) Brongn.
- Sageretia henryi J.R. Drumm. & Sprague
- Sageretia horrida Pax & K. Hoffm.
- Sageretia laxiflora Hand .-- Mazz.
- Sageretia lucida Merr.
- Sageretia melliana Hand .-- Mazz.
- Sageretia omeiensis C.K. Cutting.
- Sageretia paucicostata Maxim.
- Sageretia pycnophylla C.K. Cutting. : It occurs in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan.
- Sageretia randaiensis Hayata : It occurs in Taiwan.
- Sageretia rugosa Hance
- Sageretia subcaudata Hand .-- Mazz.
- Sageretia thea (Osbeck) MC Johnst. (Syn .: Sageretia theezans (L.) Brongn. ): It comes from Ethiopia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, Turkey, Iran, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, the Philippines , in Japan, Taiwan and China.
proof
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-946292-10-4 , doi : 10.3372 / epolist2016
- ↑ a b c D. Medan, C. Schirarend: Rhamnaceae In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales , 2004, P. 332, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8
- ^ A b c d Sageretia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved April 29, 2017.