Schlegelia
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Schlegelia genus of plants fromthe Schlegeliaceae family . The approximately 23 species are distributed in the Neotropics from eastern Mexico to Brazil , as well as on the West Indies .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Schlegelia species are shrubs , woody climbing plants , lianas or small trees that can grow terrestrially or epiphytically . The wood does not show any abnormal vascularization, the trunks are mostly round.
Small stipules are formed, which mostly lie on the branches. The opposite arranged leaves are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The relatively thick, rounded petioles are often articulated at their base. The simple leaf blades are often leathery, the leaf margin is entire. There is pinnate veins .
Inflorescences and flowers
The terminal or lateral inflorescences are panicle , cluster- shaped or racemose . The inflorescence shafts are usually woody. In addition to the flower stalks, the inflorescence axes often form small, inconspicuous bracts .
The hermaphroditic flowers have a double flower envelope . the almost leathery calyx is tubular or cup-shaped and is completely or irregularly divided into small calyx teeth. It is permanent and is torn open by the fruit. The white to pink or red, rarely yellow, crown is bell-shaped to narrowly tubular, bare on the outside and the inside of the corolla lobes is covered with small, glandular scales. The five crown lobes are rounded.
The four fertile stamens are in two unequal pairs. They start in the lower half of the corolla tube and do not protrude beyond the crown. The anthers are bare, their counters are spread out. Usually a small staminodium is formed. The ovary is two-sided, occasionally it is only one-sided towards the tip. The placentation is centered on the septum of each ovary compartment, there are many ovules . The simple stylus ends with a two or rarely three columnar scar .
Fruits and seeds
The mostly spherical berries have a hard, crusty, non-cracking pericarp . The seeds are embedded in a “ pulp ”. The relatively small, narrow seeds are angled and not winged.
Systematics and distribution
The genus Schlegelia was established in 1844 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) , Volume 2, 46, page 785. The generic name Schlegelia honors the German zoologist and naturalist Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884). Type species is Schlegelia violacea Griseb. as a synonym Schlegelia lilacina Miq. A synonym for Schlegelia Miq. is Dermatocalyx Oerst.
Depending on the author, the Schlegelia genus contains around 23 species:
- Schlegelia aurea Ducke : It occurs in the Brazilian state of Amazonas .
- Schlegelia axillaris Griseb. : It occurs in Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles.
- Schlegelia brachyantha Griseb. : It occurs from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela and from Cuba to Puerto Rico .
- Schlegelia cauliflora A.H.Gentry : Home is Peru .
- Schlegelia chocoensis A.H.Gentry : The home is Colombia and Ecuador .
- Schlegelia darienensis Sandwith : Home is Colombia and Ecuador.
- Schlegelia dressleri A.H.Gentry : Home is Panama and Ecuador.
- Schlegelia fastigiata Schery : It is distributed from Guatemala via Nicaragua and Costa Rica and from Colombia to Ecuador.
- Schlegelia fuscata A.H.Gentry : The homeland ranges from Costa Rica to French Guiana and Ecuador.
- Schlegelia hirsuta A.H.Gentry : This endemic species only occurs in southeastern Colombia.
- Schlegelia macrocarpa Lundell : The home is Guatemala.
- Schlegelia macrophylla Ducke : The home is French Guiana and northern Peru.
- Schlegelia monachinoi Moldenke : The homeland is Colombia, Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela.
- Schlegelia nicaraguensis Standl. : It is common from Mexico to Panama .
- Schlegelia pandurata (Moldenke) AHGentry : The home is Colombia and Ecuador.
- Schlegelia paraensis Ducke : The homeland extends from French Guiana to northern Brazil.
- Schlegelia parasitica (Sw.) Griseb. : This endemic occurs only in Jamaica.
- Schlegelia parviflora (Oerst.) Monach. : The distribution area extends from Mexico to tropical South America.
- Schlegelia roseiflora Ducke : The home is French Guiana and Peru.
- Schlegelia scandens (Briq. & Spruce) Sandwith : The home is tropical South America.
- Schlegelia spruceana K.Schum. : The homeland ranges from Venezuela to northern Brazil.
- Schlegelia sulphurea Diels : The home is Colombia and Ecuador.
- Schlegelia violacea Griseb. (Syn .: Schlegelia lilacina Miq. ): The homeland ranges from Venezuela to northern Brazil.
proof
literature
- William Burger and Kerry Barringer: Schlegeliaceae. In: William Burger (Ed.): Flora Costaricensis. In: Fieldiana Botany, New Series , Number 41, 2000, pp. 69-77.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Schlegelia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- ^ Schlegelia at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed June 5, 2020.
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. online.
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