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Ray pen
Actinidia arguta (young fruit)

Actinidia arguta (young fruit)

Systematics
Eudicotyledons
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Asterids
Order : Heather-like (Ericales)
Family : Actinidiaceae (Actinidiaceae)
Genre : Ray pen
Scientific name
Actinidia
Lindl.

The ray pens ( Actinidia ) are a genus of plants within the family of the ray pens (Actinidiaceae). From a few species of this genus come the varieties that produce the fruit kiwifruit , the greater part of Actinidia deliciosa .

description

Vegetative characteristics

The Actinidia species are lianas . The above-ground parts of the plant are hairy or hairless with simple or star-shaped trichomes . There are mostly lenticels present. The small winter buds may be enveloped by the swollen base of the petioles.

The leaves are often divided into long petioles and leaf blades. The simple leaf blades are paper-like, membranous or leathery. The leaf margin is smooth, serrated or serrated. Stipules are only tiny or absent.

Generative characteristics

The flowers stand together individually or in groups of a few or many in lateral zymous inflorescences . There are tiny cover sheets. The species are dioecious separately sexed ( dioecious ) or monoecious with hermaphrodite flowers. The flowers are usually fünfzählig double perianth (perianth). The buds of calyx and petals are roof tiles (imbricat). The (two to six) usually five sepals can be fused at their base. The (four to more than five) usually five petals are usually white or pink, more rarely red, yellow or green. There are many stamens present. The stamens are narrow. The functionally female flowers often have staminodes with shortened stamens, functionally male flowers have rudimentary styles. The yellow, brown, purple or almost black dust bags from two counters open with slits. 15 to 30 carpels are an egg-shaped, cylindrical or bottle-shaped, vielkammerigen ovary adherent and can be hairy or smooth. Each ovary chamber contains many ovules . There are as many free styles as carpels.

Smooth or hairy, fleshy, round, egg-shaped to elongated berries with numerous seeds are formed. The tiny elongated seeds contain a relatively large cylindrical straight embryo and two short cotyledons ( cotyledons ).

Dissemination and use

The genus Actinidia is native to East Asia , the area ranges from Sakhalin over East Siberia , Japan , Korea and China to the Himalayas and Malaysia . Varieties of some species are grown as fruit, for example the sharp-toothed ray pen ( Actinidia arguta ) and the two Chinese ray pens ( Actinidia chinensis and Actinidia deliciosa ).

Systematics

The genus Actinidia was created in 1836 by John Lindley (botanist) in A Natural System of Botany , Second Edition, p. 439 with the type species Actinidia callosa Lindl. set up. Synonyms for Actinidia Lindl. are: Heptaca Lour. , Kalomikta Rule , Trochostigma Sieve. & Zucc.

The genus Actinidia is divided into four sections and series and contains a total of 55 and 60 species (selection):

Actinidia arguta in flower

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  • Jianqiang Li, Li Xinwei & D. Doel Soejarto: Actinidiaceae in the Flora of China , Volume 12, 2007, p. 334: Actinidia - Online.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Actinidia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  2. 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 aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Jianqiang Li, Xinwei Li & D. Doel Soejarto: Actinidia Lindley - the same text online as the printed work , In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Ed.): Flora of China. Volume 12: Actinidiaceae. Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis 2010.

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