Oscularia

Oscularia

Oscularia is a plant genus of the family of Mesembryanthemum plants ( Aizoaceae ). The botanical name derives from the Latin word for osculum, small mouth ' from.

Description

The species of the genus Oscularia grow as shrubs with some upright, in the majority, however, outstretched to prostrate branches. Your most brilliant internodes are reddish brown. Your very light gray leaves are triangular, convex on its pages, thicker than broad and keeled noticeably. In some species, the leaf margin and keel are perforated.

The flowers appear in terminal cymes. Sometimes including more cymes are present and form an impressive, composite inflorescence. In some species the flower are arranged individually or in groups dreiblütigen. There are five sepals present. The petals are white to deep pink. The filamentous staminodes are different in number. The ovary is surrounded by five nectaries, which are often so wide that they touch each other. The flowers are open during the day and at night. You smell like almonds or hawthorn.

The fünffächrigen fruit capsules are funnel-shaped at their base. The damper blades are very wide and rectangular.

Systematics and distribution

The genus Oscularia is widespread in South Africa in the Western Destrikten the Western Cape Province. The species grow in rocky places generally, often in columns.

The first description of the genus by Gustav Schwantes was published in 1927. The type species is Oscularia deltoides. The genus Oscularia include the following types:

  • Oscularia alba ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia caulescens (Mill.) Schwantes
  • Oscularia cedarbergensis ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia compressa ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia comptonii ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia copiosa ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia cremnophila van Jaarsv. , Desmet & AEvan Wyk
  • Oscularia deltoides (L.) Schwantes
  • Oscularia excedens ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia falciformis ( Haw. ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia guthriae ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia lunate ( Willd.) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia major ( Weston ) Schwantes
  • Oscularia ornata ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia paardebergensis ( L.Bolus ) HEKHartmann
  • Oscularia pedunculata ( N.E.Br. ) Schwantes
  • Oscularia piquetbergensis ( L.Bolus ) HEKHartmann
  • Oscularia prasina ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia primiverna ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia steenbergensis ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia superans ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia thermarum ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia Vernicolor ( L.Bolus ) H.E.K.Hartmann
  • Oscularia vredenburgensis ( L.Bolus ) HEKHartmann

Evidence

Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes Ovary (botany)
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