Canistrum
Canistrum montanum, inflorescence
Canistrum is a plant genus of the subfamily Bromelioideae within the family Bromeliaceae ( Bromeliaceae ). All 13 Canistrum species are native only in the Atlantic rain forest " Mata Atlântica " in Brazil.
Description
The Canistrum species are epiphytic and terrestrial living, evergreen, perennial herbaceous plants. They look similar Canistropsis and some Nidularium species. Derbe leaves sitting on a compressed stem axis and form funnel where water is collected. The simple, parallel venation, tongue-shaped leaves have a short to long pointed end and are reinforced by spiny serrated leaf margins. The leaf surfaces are green or simply drawn and have on the underside of leaves pressed- shed hair.
It is a clearly recognizable inflorescence stem available. The most decorative colored bracts frame the by the upset, paniculate inflorescence, basket -like arrangement, short -stalked flowers one. The pentacyclic ( five petal circles), hermaphroditic, radial symmetry blooms are triple. The three petals are greenish, white or yellow. Three carpels are fused into one inferior ovary.
Flowers formula:
Are formed juice poor berries, which contain numerous seeds. The brown seeds are spindle-shaped.
System
The genus Canistrum was erected in 1873 by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren in Belgique Hort. , 23, 257 S. aurantiacum with the type species Canistrum E.Morren. The botanical genus name Canistrum derives from the Greek word kanistron, which means as much as "basket "; this refers to the structure of the inflorescences. Morren describes the inflorescence as a flat basket with flowers, similar to those of the young girls wore during the Bacchus celebrations, like those bearing the fruit and vegetable growers in Morren 's hometown of Liege in Belgium.
There are about 21 species Canistrum:
- Canistrum alagoanum Leme & J.A.Siqueira
- Canistrum aurantiacum E.Morren
- Canistrum auratum Leme
- Canistrum camacaense Martinelli & Leme
- Canistrum fosterianum L.B.Smith
- Canistrum fragrans ( Linden ) Mabb.
- Canistrum guzmanioides Leme
- Canistrum improcerum Leme & J.A.Siqueira
- Canistrum lanigerum H.Luther & Leme
- Canistrum montanum Leme
- Canistrum pickelii ( A.Lima & LBSmith ) Leme & JASiqueira
- Canistrum sandrae Leme
- Canistrum seidelianum W.Weber
- Canistrum triangular L.B.Smith & Reitz