Scorpion tail

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Scorpion tail
Spiny Scorpiontail (Scorpiurus muricatus)

Spiny Scorpiontail ( Scorpiurus muricatus )

Systematics
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Order : Fabales (Fabales)
Family : Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily : Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe : Loteae
Genre : Scorpion tail
Scientific name
Scorpiurus
L.

Scorpio tail ( Scorpiurus ) is a genus in the subfamily of Schmetterlingsblütler (Faboideae) within the family of the Leguminosae (Fabaceae).

description

Spiny Scorpiontail Legume ( Scorpiurus muricatus )
Illustration of the legumes of the worm-shaped scorpion tail ( Scorpiurus vermiculatus L. )

Vegetative characteristics

The Scorpiurus species are annual herbaceous plants and reach heights of up to 80 centimeters. The stems are bare or covered with pressed or protruding hair. The leaves are simple and have three to five parallel nerves. The stipules are free and linear.

Generative characteristics

The flowers are solitary or up to five in lateral, head-shaped inflorescences. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The cup is bell-shaped with five equal teeth. The petals are yellow or a little reddish. The shuttle is pointed.

The legume remains closed, is curved or twisted in various ways, ribbed, and usually provided with spikes or warts on the outer ribs.

Systematics and distribution

The genus Scorpiurus was established by Carl von Linné . Scorpiurus L. is a genus of plants from the tribe Loteae in the subfamily of the butterflies (Faboideae) within the family of the legumes (Fabaceae).

Depending on the author, there are only two or three Scorpiurus species that are native to the Mediterranean and Western Asia :

  • Prickly scorpion tail ( Scorpiurus muricatus L. , Syn .: Scorpiurus sulcatus L. , Scorpiurus minimus Losinsk. ): It occurs in southern Europe, in North Africa and the Canary Islands, in Ethiopia, on the Arabian Peninsula, in West Asia from Turkey to Iran, in Ukraine and Crimea. He is a neophyte in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Worm-shaped scorpion tail ( Scorpiurus vermiculatus L. ): It occurs in the Canary Islands, Madeira, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Malta.

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literature

  • PW Ball: Scorpiurus L. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1968, ISBN 0-521-06662-X , pp. 185 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c data sheet at International Legume Database Information Service = ILDIS - LegumeWeb - World Database of Legumes , Version 10.38 from July 20, 2010.
  2. ^ A b E. Domínguez Vilches, EF Galiano: Revisión del género Scorpiurus L. 2nd parte. Sistemática. In: Lagascalia. Volume 4, 1974, pp. 259-280 ( PDF file ).
  3. ↑ Chaia Clara Heyn: Scorpiurus. In: Peter Hadland Davis (Ed.): Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 3 (Leguminosae) . Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1970, ISBN 0-85224-154-2 , pp. 547-548 .
  4. ↑ Sergej Kirillovich Czerepanov: Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 1995, ISBN 0-521-45006-3 , p. 258.
  5. ^ Scorpiurus muricatus. at Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria: National Species List. APNI / APC.

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