Plumbaginaceae

European Plumbago ( Plumbago europaea)

The plumbago plants ( Plumbaginaceae ) form a family in the order of clove -like ( Caryophyllales ) within the angiosperms ( Magnoliopsida ).

  • 4.1 Notes and references

Description and ecology

Vegetative characteristics

They are mostly herbaceous plants, but there are also woody plants: shrubs, rarely there are lianas ( climbing plants ). The family consists mainly of xerophytes that occur in semi-deserts and steppes of halophytes and near the beach.

Generative features

The flowers are borne in very differently constructed inflorescences. The hermaphrodite flowers are usually fünfzählig. There are two Blütenhüllblattkreise available. The five sepals are fused together into a fünfrippigen tube that ends in five calyx lobes, which are significantly shorter than the calyx tube. The five petals are fused or free; if they are free then they are nailed. It's just a circle with five fertile stamens present; they are usually free except for Aegialitis; they are epipetal, so standing in front of the petals, so it lacks the outer stamen circle. The five carpels are usually fused into a superior ovaries. There are one or five pens available. Pollination is mostly by insects ( entomophily ).

Are formed capsule fruits or nuts.

System

In the family Plumbaginaceae there are two subfamilies with 27 genera and 836 species:

  • Ceratostigma Bunge: The eight species occur in tropical East Africa, Southeast Asia, Tibet and China.
  • Dyerophytum Kuntze (syn.: Vogelia Lam. ): The only two species occur on Socotra, a kind in South Africa and some sort of Arabia to India.
  • Plumbagella Spach: it contains only one type: Plumbagella micrantha ( Ledeb. ) Spach: It occurs in Central Asia.
  • Aegialitis R.Br.: The only two mangrove species are common in Australia and the Malay Archipelago.
  • Hedgehog cushion ( Acantholimon Boiss. ): The about 165 species are from the eastern Mediterranean prior to Central Asia, including:
  • Acantholimon androsaceum Boiss.
  • Thrift ( Armeria Willd, Syn. Statice L.): The approximately 90 species occur in the northern temperate zone and in South America.
  • Bamiania Lincz. Contains only one type: Bamiania pachycormum ( Ind. f ) Lincz. It occurs in Afghanistan.
  • Bukiniczia cabulica ( Boiss. ) Lincz. It occurs in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Ghaznianthus rechingeri (Friday) Lincz. It occurs in Afghanistan.
  • Gladiolimon speciosissimum ( Aitch. & Hemsl. ) Mobayen: It occurs in Afghanistan.
  • Ikonnikovia kaufmanniana ( usually ) Lincz. It occurs in Central Asia and Northwest China.
  • Muellerolimon salicorniaceum ( F.Muell. ) Lincz. It occurs in Western Australia.
  • Popoviolimon turcomanicum ( Lincz. ) Lincz. It occurs in Central Asia.
  • Saharanthus ifniensis ( Caball. ) MBCrespo & MDLledó: It occurs in Morocco and in the northern Sahara.
  • Vassilczenkoa Sogdiana ( Lincz. ) Lincz. It occurs in Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Pictures

Thrifts species ( Armeria ):

Armeria pungens

Beach lilac species ( Limonium ):

Steppe Veil beach Lilac ( Limonium gmelinii )

Limonium perezii

Common lilac beach ( Limonium vulgare)

Swell

  • The Plumbaginaceae family in APWebsite. (Sections systematics and description)
  • The Plumbaginaceae family at DELTA. ( Description section )
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