Caragana

Dwarf pea shrub ( Caragana pygmaea )

The pea shrubs ( Caragana ) are a genus of the subfamily Fabaceae ( Faboideae ) within the legume family ( Fabaceae ). The genus includes about 80 to 100 species.

Appearance

Caragana species are undemanding, woody plants: deciduous shrubs or rarely small trees. In some species, the woody end of the rachis is transformed into a mandrel. They are characterized by pairs or gefingerförmig feathery leaves with four to twenty leaflets. The leaflets are entire. The small stipules are pfriemförmig or prickly.

The flowers are axillary individually or in pairs to five together in doldigen inflorescences. The bracts are often pfriemförmig. The cup is tilted on the flower stalk. The five sepals are fused Roehrig or bell-shaped. The butterfly-shaped flowers are white, lemon yellow, orange or reddish to purple. The most sedentary ovary contains many ovules. There are usually sessile, slender, straw-colored, vielsamige legumes formed.

Occurrence

The native countries of Caragana species in Central and East Asia. Some species have been introduced by humans in Europe and North America. Most species thrive best in regions with cold winters and hot, dry summers.

Some species are grown as ornamental plants in China or for example for fixing sand dunes.

Species

There are about 80 to 100 Caragana species. In China, there are 66 species of which 32 are endemic. Plant List are the following types as valid:

  • Caragana acanthophylla Kom
  • Caragana aegacanthoides ( Parker) LBChaudhary & SK Srivast.
  • Caragana afghanica Kitam.
  • Caragana alaica Pojark.
  • Caragana alaschanica Grubov
  • Caragana alexeenkoi camel
  • Caragana aliensis Y.Z.Zhao
  • Caragana alpina Y.X.Liou
  • Caragana ambigua Stocks
  • Common pea shrub or Common pea shrub ( Caragana arborescens Lam. )
  • Caragana arcuata Y.X.Liou
  • Orangeblütiger pea shrub ( Caragana aurantiaca Koehne )
  • Caragana balchaschensis ( Comm ) Pojark.
  • Caragana beefensis S.N.Biswas
  • Caragana bicolor Kom
  • Caragana boisii C.K.Schneid.
  • Caragana bongardiana ( Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ) Pojark.
  • Caragana brachypoda Pojark.
  • Caragana brevifolia Kom
  • Caragana brevispina Benth.
  • Caragana brevispina subsp. brevispina Benth.
  • Caragana bungei Ledeb.
  • Caragana buriatica Peschkova
  • Caragana Camilli - schneideri Kom
  • Caragana campanulata Vassilcz.
  • Caragana changduensis Y.X.Liou
  • Caragana chinghaiensis Y.X.Liou
  • Caragana cinerea ( Comm ) N.S.Pavlova
  • Caragana conferta Baker
  • Caragana crassipina C.Marquand
  • Caragana cuneato - alata Y.X.Liou
  • Caragana dasyphylla Pojark.
  • Caragana decorticans Hemsl.
  • Caragana densa Kom
  • Caragana erinacea Kom
  • Caragana franchetiana Kom
  • Bush - pea shrub or Russian pea shrub ( Caragana frutex (L.) K.Koch )
  • Caragana fruticosa ( Pall. ) Better
  • Caragana gerardiana Benth.
  • Caragana gobica Sanchir
  • Caragana grandiflora ( M.Bieb. ) DC.
  • Mane pea shrub ( Caragana jubata ( Pall. ) Poir. )
  • Caragana kansuensis Pojark.
  • Caragana kirghisorum Pojark.
  • Caragana korshinskii Kom
  • Caragana kozlowii Kom
  • Caragana laeta Kom
  • Caragana leiocalycina ( Hub. -Mor. ) Hub. -Mor.
  • Caragana leucophloea Pojark.
  • Caragana leucospina Kom
  • Caragana leveillei Kom
  • Caragana limprichtii Harms
  • Caragana liouana Zhao Y. Chang & Yakovlev
  • Caragana litwinowii Kom
  • Caragana maimanensis Rech.f.
  • Caragana manshurica Kom
  • Small-leaved shrub peas ( Caragana microphylla Lam. )
  • Caragana opulens Kom
  • Caragana pekinensis Kom
  • Caragana pleiophylla ( usually ) Pojark.
  • Caragana polourensis Franch.
  • Caragana polyacantha Royle
  • Caragana prestoniae R.J.Moore
  • Caragana pruinosa Kom
  • Caragana przewalskii Pojark.
  • Caragana pumila Pojark.
  • Caragana purdomii Rehder
  • Dwarf pea shrub ( Caragana pygmaea (L. ) DC. )
  • Caragana qingheensis Zhao Y. Chang, L.R. Xu & F. C. Shi
  • Caragana roborovskyi Kom
  • Caragana rosea Maxim.
  • Caragana Scythica ( Comm ) Pojark.
  • Caragana shensiensis C.W.Chang
  • Chinese pea shrub ( Caragana sinica ( Buc'hoz ) Rehder )
  • Caragana Reaumuria soongorica Grubov
  • Caragana sophorifolia exchange
  • Caragana spinifera Kom
  • Thorny shrub peas ( Caragana spinosa (L. ) DC. )
  • Caragana stenophylla Pojark.
  • Caragana stipitata Kom
  • Caragana sukiensis C.K.Schneid.
  • Caragana tangutica Kom
  • Caragana tekesiensis Y.Z. Zhao & D. W. Zhou
  • Caragana tibetica Kom
  • Caragana tragacanthoides ( Pall. ) Poir.
  • Caragana turfanensis ( Krasn. ) Com
  • Caragana turkestanica Kom
  • Caragana ulicina Stocks
  • Caragana ussuriensis ( usually ) Pojark.
  • Caragana versicolor Benth.
  • Caragana zahlbruckneri R.C.Schneid.

Evidence

Rosids Galegeae Umbel Ovary (botany)
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