Berberidopsidaceae

Berberidopsis corallina, illustration.

The Berberidopsidaceae are a small family in the order of Berberidopsidales within the angiosperms ( Magnoliopsida ). You have a disjoint area, there are only deposits in Chile and eastern Australia.

Description

They are evergreen, klimmende shrubs with sympodial branching. The alternate and spirally arranged, petiolate leaves are simple. The leaf margins are smooth or serrated. Stipules absent.

The flowers appear singly or in racemose inflorescences. The flowers are usually hermaphrodite. The structure of the flowers is in the three species very different (see at the individual species ). Sometimes the bloom are clearly differentiated into sepals and petals, sometimes they go from outside to inside of sepals to petals slowly, they are usually spirally arranged. It is a discus available. It may be six to many stamens present. Are formed berries ( berry -like fruits ).

System

These three species belong to the family of former Flacourtiaceae.

In the family of Berberidopsidaceae there are only two kinds and three types:

  • Berberidopsis Hook. f: The bloom are spirally arranged and not differentiated into sepals and petals. There are eight to 13 stamens present. With only two types: Berberidopsis beckleri ( F.Muell. ) Veldkamp: It is native to eastern Australia (New South Wales and Queensland ). The stalked about 20 mm long, simple leaves are usually 3 to 6 cm long, rarely up to 9 cm long and 2-5 cm wide. The flowers are usually solitary in the leaf axils on an approximately 20 mm long pedicel. The hermaphrodite flower is fünfzählig. The bloom 15 to 18, 2 to 8 mm long; the outer ones are dark pink inwardly they are gradually getting brighter until the inner white. The 12 to 13 stamens are about 3 mm long, with no stamens the anthers can be seen practically sitting. The stylus is about 2 to 3 mm long. The egg-shaped berry is about 20 mm long, is only later becomes red black, is surrounded at the base by the calyx and contains 100 to 120 seeds.
  • Berberidopsis corallina Hook. f: This rare species is endemic to the Coastal Cordillera of Chile between Cauquenes and Llanquihue ( in the VII Maule Region = to X ) at altitudes of 700 meters. It is an evergreen climbing shrub that reaches the stature heights of 15 to 20 m. The alternate, stalked short, simple leaves have a 4-12 × 3-5 cm wide leaf blade with a serrated edge. Two to three hermaphrodite flowers are borne in a racemose inflorescence. The long flower stems are red. 9 to 15 bright red bracts form the perianth. There are eight stamens present. The reddish berries contain 12 to 24 seeds. Occasionally, this type is used as an ornamental plant.
  • Streptothamnus moorei F.Muell. It is native in eastern Australia (New South Wales and Queensland ). The stalked 20 to 30 mm long, simple leaves are 6-12 cm long and 4-12 cm wide. The hermaphrodite flower is fünfzählig with double perianth. The flower stalk is 20 to 30 mm long. The light pink to cream-colored petals are 5-7 mm long. The approximately 70 stamens have 4 to 7 mm long stamens and anthers about 2 mm long. The stylus is 2.5 mm long. The black berry is about 20 mm long, surrounded at the base of the cup and contains 20 to 25 seeds.

Swell

  • The order of Berberidopsidales in APWebsite. (Section Description, distribution and systematics).
  • Klaus Kubitzki: Berberidopsidaceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume 9: Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales pp, Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales pp, Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2007, ISBN 978-3-540-32214-6, pp. 33-35, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-32219-1_7.

Pictures of Berberidopsidaceae

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