Vancouveria planipetala

Vancouveria planipetala
	Vancouveria planipetala
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Eudicotyledons
Order :	Buttercups (Ranunculales)
Family :	Barberry family (Berberidaceae)
Genre :	Vancouveria
Type :	Vancouveria planipetala
Scientific name
	Vancouveria planipetala
	Calloni

Vancouveria planipetala is a plant from the genus Vancouveria within the family of Barberry (Berberidaceae). It is in western North America used and is there english redwood inside-out flower, redwood ivy called.

description

Habit and leaves

Vegetative characteristics

Vancouveria planipetala is a perennial herbaceous plant . A mostly underground, relatively short rhizome is formed. The leaves are arranged in a rosette and are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The relatively long petiole is reddish. The compound leaf blade consists of heart-shaped leaflets.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period in North America extends from May and June. A panicle inflorescence with pendulous flowers is located on a long, upright inflorescence stem .

The relatively small flowers are hermaphroditic. The six inner sepals look like petals and are a few millimeters long, white and bent back or up, stretched away from the center of the flower. The real petals, which are white or purple in color and flat or notched, are attached to the sepals. There are six stamens . The relatively large ovary is shiny.

Occurrence

Vancouveria planipetala occurs only in the western US states of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon , it occurs only in the Klamath Mountains and the northern California coastal mountains .

Vancouveria planipetala grows in forests, especially coastal redwood forests.

Taxonomy

The first description of Vancouveria planipetala was in 1887 by Silvio Calloni in Malpighia; Rassegna Mensile de Botanica. Messina, Italy, 1, page 266, plate 6.

use

Vancouveria planipetala is used as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens.

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literature

R. David Whetstone, TA Atkinson, Daniel D. Spaulding: Berberidaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, July 17, 1997, ISBN 0-19-511246-6 : Vancouveria planipetala - online with the same text as the printed work.

Individual evidence

^ R. David Whetstone, TA Atkinson, Daniel D. Spaulding: Berberidaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, July 17, 1997, ISBN 0-19-511246-6 : Vancouveria planipetala - online with the same text as the printed work.

Web links

[FoNA-1] R. David Whetstone, TA Atkinson, Daniel D. Spaulding: Berberidaceae. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Ed.): Flora of North America North of Mexico , Volume 3 - Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae , Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, July 17, 1997, ISBN 0-19-511246-6 : Vancouveria planipetala - online with the same text as the printed work.