Winter bark

Magellanic winter bark
	Magellanic winter bark ( Drimys winteri )
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Magnoliids
Order :	Canellales
Family :	Winteraceae
Genre :	Drimys
Type :	Magellanic winter bark
Scientific name
	Drimys winteri
	JR Forest. & G.Forst.

The Magellanic Winter Bark ( Drimys winteri ), also called Canelo , is a species of the Drimys genus within the Winteraceae family .

description

Illustration from Illustrations of medical Botany , panel V

inflorescence

Fruit heads

Vegetative characteristics

The Magellanic Winter Bark is a slender, evergreen tree that reaches heights of up to 20 meters. Its bark is soft, gray-brown and strongly aromatic.

The alternate leaves arranged on the branches are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The petiole is relatively short. The leathery, simple leaf blade is elongated-oval to broad-lanceolate with a length of up to 20 centimeters with a mostly rounded upper end. The top of the leaf is shiny, light green and the underside of the leaf is whitish.

Generative characteristics

About ten flowers stand together in a shingled inflorescence . The fragrant and hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry with a diameter of about 4 centimeters . The sepals are reddish. The 4 to 20 flowers petals are off-white and at its base a little yellow. Each flower contains a multitude of stamens and four or more free carpels .

The berries turn bluish when ripe.

Occurrence

Drimys winteri occurs in Chile and Argentina . In the Chilean coastal evergreen forests, Drimys winteri is a dominant tree species.

Taxonomy

The first publication of Drimys winteri was in 1775 by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster in Characteres Generum Plantarum , 84, Table 42. synonyms for Drimys winteri J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. are Drimys chilensis DC. , Drimys granatensis Mutis ex L. f. , Drimys punctata Lam. , Drimys winteri var. Andina Reiche , Drimys winteri var. Chilensis (DC.) A.Gray , Drimys winteri var. Morenonis Kuntze , Drimys winteri var. Punctata (Lam.) DC. , Drimys winteri var. Quinoensis Kuntze .

Name declaration

The specific epithet winteri probably honors John Winter, Vice-Admiral and captain of the ship Elizabeth during Drake's circumnavigation of the world from 1577 to 1580, although nothing is stated in the first publication by the Forsters. Winter used the bark of this type of plant against scurvy . Therefore, the name winter bark does not refer to the winter season, but to this person.

Others

Drimys winteri is a sacred tree of the Mapuche Indians.

cultivation

Drimys winteri can withstand winter temperatures as low as −20 degrees Celsius.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

↑ Winter bark in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
↑ Winter bark at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed December 27, 2018.
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-946292-10-4 . doi : 10.3372 / epolist2016 .

Web links

Commons : Winter bark ( Drimys winteri ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Drimys winteri at Plants For A Future . Retrieved December 27, 2018.
Winter bark at Tropicos.org. In: 83 . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
chilereisen.at .

[GRIN-1] Winter bark in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[Tropicos-2] Winter bark at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed December 27, 2018.

[Burkhardt2016-3] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2016. ISBN 978-3-946292-10-4 . doi : 10.3372 / epolist2016 .