Selago

Selago
	Selago spuria
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Figwort family (Scrophulariaceae)
Tribe :	Manuleeae
Genre :	Selago
Scientific name
	Selago
	L.

Selago is about 190 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 can be hairless or hairy. The stems are ascending to erect. The leaves are stem-borne, perched and alternate individually or in clusters. The leaf blade is linear-lanceolate, elongated, elliptical or spatulate. Towards the front, the leaves are pointed to blunt, the leaf margin is entire to toothed.

The flowers are sessile or on short flower stalks . The calyx is deeply cut so that three to five almost equally large calyx lobes arise. The crown is white, tubular, its coronet is divided into two lips. The corolla tube can be short and wide or long and narrow. The four stamens do not protrude beyond the crown. The ovary is almost spherical, the stigma is split or three-toothed.

The fruits contain two spindle-shaped seeds .

Selago canescens from Johannesburg

distribution

The approximately 190 species of the Selago genus are mainly found in southern Africa , some species are also found in other tropical parts of Africa, the Selago muralis species can be found in Madagascar .

Systematics

Here is a selection of the types:

Selago albida Choisy : It occurs in South Africa, Lesotho and in the Free State.
Selago buchananii Rolfe : It was first described from tropical Africa.
Selago canescens L. f. : It was first described from southern Africa.
Selago geniculata L. f. : It occurs in the Western Cape, North Cape, Eastern Cape and in the Free State .
Selago muralis Benth. & Hook.f. : It occurs in Madagascar.
Selago speciosa Rolfe : It occurs in South Africa and Lesotho .
Selago welwitschii Rolfe : It was first described from western tropical Africa.

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 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Selago in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Web links

Commons : Selago - collection of images, videos and audio files

[GRIN-1] Selago in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.