Tank herbs

Tank herbs
	Kickxia lanigera
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Plantain family (Plantaginaceae)
Tribe :	Antirrhineae
Genre :	Tank herbs
Scientific name
	Kickxia
	Dumort.

The Tännelkräuter ( Kickxia ), Swiss German snake mouth , form a genus of plants within the plantain family (Plantaginaceae).

description

Illustration of the pike-leaved potwort ( Kickxia elatine ) in Flora Batava , Volume 9

Habit of Kickxia commutata subsp. graeca

Illustration from Storm of Egg-leaved Clawwort ( Kickxia spuria )

Spit-leaved Claw seeds ( Kickxia elatine )

Inflorescence of Kickxia floribunda with flowers in detail

Kickxia sagittata

Long-stalked, zygomorphic flowers of Kickxia spartoides

Habit, leaves and flowers of the egg-leaved feverwort ( Kickxia spuria )

Vegetative characteristics

The Fännelkraut species are annual to perennial , herbaceous plants . The creeping, prostrate or hanging stems are leafy and hairy, sometimes also glandular.

The alternate - only the lowermost sometimes constantly against - arranged leaves are divided into petiole and leaf blade. The hairy leaf blades are simple.

Generative characteristics

The long-stalked flowers are individually in leaf axils.

The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic with a double flower envelope . The calyx is unequal to five lobes. The crown has a clear spur at the bottom. The lower lip closes the throat with a bulge ("mask flower"). There are four stamens .

With the two- compartment capsule fruits , each compartment opens with a lid.

Systematics and distribution

The genus Kickxia was established in 1827 by Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier in Florula belgica, opera majoris prodromus, auctore ... , page 35. The generic name Kickxia honors the Belgian pharmacist Jean Kickx Senior (1775-1831). A synonym for Kickxia Dumort. is Elatinoides Wettst.

These species were previously placed in the genera toadflax ( Linaria ) or snapdragons ( Antirrhinum ). While they used to the family of Rachenblütler were asked (Scrophulariaceae), it is expected due to molecular biological findings on the prize plants (Veronicaceae) that the family of APG plantain plants are assigned (Plantaginaceae). The genus Kickxia belongs to the tribe Antirrhineae.

In Central Europe, only the two species of spear-leaved Fännelkraut ( Kickxia elatine ) and egg- leaved Fännelkraut ( Kickxia spuria ) occur. There are around five species in Europe, these are, in addition to the above-mentioned, Kickxia cirrhosa , Kickxia commutata and Kickxia lanigera .

There are about 25 types of Kickxia :

Kickxia acerbiana (Boiss.) Täckh. & Boulos : It occurs in Egypt , Libya , Israel and Jordan .

Kickxia aegyptiaca (Dumort.) Nábělek

Kickxia caucasica (Spreng.) Kuprian.

Kickxia cirrhosa (L.) Fritsch : It occurs in western and south- western Europe , in North Africa and Jordan.

Kickxia commutata (Rchb.) Fritsch : There are two subspecies:

Kickxia commutata (Rchb.) Fritsch subsp. commutata : It is widespread from southern Europe through south-eastern Europe to Turkey .
Kickxia commutata subsp. graeca (Bory & Chaub.) R. Fern. : It is widespread from Southeast Europe to the Middle East.

Skewer-leaved Fännelkraut , also called Genuine Fännelkraut ( Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. )

Kickxia floribunda (Boiss.) Täckh. & Boulos : It occurs in Egypt, the Sinai Peninsula , Israel and Jordan.

Kickxia hastata (Benth.) Dandy

Kickxia heterophylla (Schousb.) Dandy

Kickxia judaica Danin : It occurs in the area of Israel and Jordan.

Kickxia kneuckeri (Bornm.) Täckh. : Some authors put it on Kickxia acerbiana and was first described in Egypt.

Kickxia lanigera (Desf.) Hand.-Mazz. : It is common in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Kickxia macilenta (Decne.) Danin : It occurs on the Sinai Peninsula.

Kickxia nubica (Skan) dandy

Kickxia pendula (G.Kunkel) G.Kunkel : This endemic only occurs in Gran Canaria .

Kickxia pseudoscoparia V.W.Sm. & DASutton : This rare species occurs in isolated areas in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

Kickxia sagittata (Poir.) Rothm.

Kickxia scariosepala Täckh. : This endemic occurs only on the Sinai Peninsula.

Kickxia scoparia (Spreng.) G. Kunkel & Sunding

Kickxia spartoides (Buchenau) Janch.

Egg-leaved Fännelkraut , also called loggerhead ( Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. )

literature

Manfred A. Fischer, Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol . 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5 .
Siegmund Seybold (Ed.): Schmeil-Fitschen interactive . CD-ROM, version 1.1. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6 .
R. Fernandes: Kickxia Dumort. In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 238–239 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).

supporting documents

^ Kickxia at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed December 4, 2018.
↑ Michael L. Charters: California Plant Names : Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations - A Dictionary of Botanical and Biographical Etymology .
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Karol Marhold: Scrophulariaceae. , 2011: data sheet at Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Web links

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