Vicia cretica

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Vicia cretica
Vicia cretica in Crete

Vicia cretica in Crete

Systematics
Order : Fabales (Fabales)
Family : Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily : Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe : Fabeae
Genre : Sweet peas ( Vicia )
Type : Vicia cretica
Scientific name
Vicia cretica
Boiss. & Hero.

Vicia cretica is a plant species of the vetches in the subfamily of the butterflies (Faboideae). It is common in the Aegean Sea .

description

Leaves with leaflets and tendrils

Vicia cretica is a one-year , herbaceous plant . It is sparsely haired and 10–30 cm tall. The leaves are pinnate in pairs , usually 6 to 8 elongated-elliptical pinnate leaves are formed, which are awn-like pointed. There are tendrils at the end of the leaf. The stipules are entire.

The inflorescence is a raceme with 1–5 flowers. The calyx is somewhat bulbous at the base, the calyx teeth are unequal and can be shorter or longer than the calyx tube. The crown is 9–20 mm long, white or yellowish, with a purple tip. The plate of the flag is bent back. The flowering period extends from February to May.

The 2–3 cm long pods are bare and short beaked. They contain 4–5 seeds.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 14.

Distribution and location requirements

Vicia cretica occurs on the Aegean islands, especially Crete, Cyprus and Turkey. It grows in the phrygana , in hedges and on rocky ground.

Systematics

The species Vicia cretica belongs to the section Panduratae from the subgenus Vicilla in the genus of the vetch ( Vicia ). It was described by Pierre Boissier and Theodor von Heldreich in 1849 . There are two subspecies:

  • Vicia cretica subsp. cretica : raceme as long as or shorter than the leaves, calyx 3–5 mm long, crown 9–16 mm long. In the entire distribution area with the exception of most of the islands of the Cyclades .
  • Vicia cretica subsp. aegea (Halácsy) PW Ball : raceme longer than the leaves, calyx 5–8 mm long, crown 18–20 mm long. The distribution area are the Cyclades .

proof

literature

  • 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. 132–133 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  • Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 151 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ H. Runemark: Mediterranean chromosome number reports 16 (1473-1571). In: Fl. Medit. Volume 16, 2006, pp. 408-425.
  2. ↑ Data sheet Vicia cretica. In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. (Accessed May 5, 2018)
  3. ↑ PE Boissier, Th. HH von Heldreich: Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum ser. 1. Volume 2, No. 9, 1849, p. 118.

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