Winterlieb (genus)
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Pipsissewa ( Chimaphila umbellata ssp. Occidentalis ) |
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Winterlieb ( Chimaphila ) is a genus of plants from the heather family (Ericaceae). It comprises five species, one of which is also native to Central Europe.
description
Chimaphila are dwarf shrubs that grow from rhizomes . Its leaves appear to be whirling , leathery and serrated. The inflorescence is an umbrella grape (Corymbus). Pre-leaves are missing, the bracts support the flower stalk.
The petals are not grown. The stamens are thin. The stylus is short, with a sleeve at its outer end. The pollen grains form tetrads, monads or polyads. The number of chromosomes is n = 13.
distribution
The genus is found in the northern hemisphere in the boreal zone and the middle latitudes, but extends to Guatemala and Hispaniola in the south .
Systematics
The genus was first described in 1814 by Frederick Traugott Pursh . It is the tribes of the subfamily of Pyroleae Monotropoideae from the family of heather plants assigned (Ericaceae) and includes five species, including:
- Pipsissewa ( Chimaphila umbellata (L.) WPCBarton )
- Chimaphila japonica Miq. : It occurs in Bhutan, Japan, Korea, Russia (Sakhalin), Taiwan and China.
- Chimaphila monticola Andres : It occurs in two subspecies in Sichuan and Taiwan.
literature
- PF Stevens et al .: Ericaceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Springer-Verlag , Berlin 2004, p. 167, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Qin Haining (覃海宁); Peter F. Stevens: Chimaphila Pursh . In: Flora of China, vol. 14, Ericaceae. Paraquilegia
