Kickxia

Kickxia

The Tännelkräuter, Swiss German snake mouth ( Kickxia ) constitute a genus of Plantain Family. They are named after Jean Kickx.

Features

The Tännelkräuter are annual to perennial, herbaceous plants. The stems are leafy and like the leaves hairy, sometimes glandular. The stems are creeping, decumbent or pendulous. The leaves are undivided and stalked. You are alternate, only the bottom are sometimes on opposite sides.

The flowers appear singly in leaf axils and are long-petiolate. The cup is equal fünfzipfelig. The crown has a distinct spur at the base. The lower lip closes with a bulge the throat ( mask flower). There are four stamens.

The fruits are capsules with two compartments, each of which opens with a lid.

System

The Tännelkräuter were formerly placed in the genus Leinkräuter ( Linaria ). While they were asked earlier to the Rachenblütlern ( Scrophulariaceae ), it is expected due to molecular biological knowledge to the Speedwell plants ( Veronicaceae ), but currently the plantain family ( Plantaginaceae ) are assigned. There are 25 types of Tännelkräutern.

In Central Europe the following two species occur.

• Called Spießblättriges Tännelkraut, also Genuine Tännelkraut ( Kickxia Elatine (L.) Dumort. )
• Eiblättriges Tännelkraut, also called spurious Tännelkraut ( Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort. )

In Europe, about 5 species occur, including:

• Kickxia cirrhosa (L.) Fritsch: It is found in West. and West Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (Jordan) before
• Kickxia commutata ( Bernh. ex Reichenb. ) Fritsch: It occurs in southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East
• Kickxia lanigera ( Desf. ) Hand. - Mazz. It occurs in southern Europe, North Africa and Western Asia.