Socotrella
Socotrella dolichocnema is the only species of the monotypic genus so Socotrella of the subfamily of milkweed plants ( Asclepiadoideae ). The first description of Socotrella dolichocnema was launched in 2002 by Peter Vincent Bruyns, the species he described, together with Anthony G. Miller. The botanical name of the genus refers to the presence on the island of Socotra.
Description
Socotrella dolichocnema grows as a small, succulent plant something rhizomatöse. The four -edged, more or less rectangular, dark green, trailing shoots are 5-15 inches long and 4-7 mm thick. Their warts have 1 to 2 millimeters long tooth-shaped bifurcation at its upper end. Journal rudiments or Stipularzähnchen are not available.
The drive several inflorescences are formed near the tip of the shoot, this carry one to five flowers, which open in succession. To the base of the 2.5 to 4.2 inches long and approximately 1 millimeter thick ascending pedicel around are 1 to 2 millimeters long, pointed bracts. The ovate - lanceolate, sharply pointed sepals have a length of about 1.5 millimeters and 0.5 millimeters wide at its base. The flat bell-shaped corolla is outside bright green, glabrous and smooth. Inside it is yellow with broad, reddish elongated markings, bald and finely papillose. It measures 18 to 22 mm in diameter. The corolla tube is 2 mm long and 5-6 mm wide. The blunt, slightly convex inner corolla lobes are 7-8 mm long and at its base, 3-4 mm wide. The secondary crown has a length of 2 mm and a similar width. Your outer corner are reduced to tiny lobe below the rails. The inner lobes are erect, about 0.5 millimeters long and are located on the back of the stamens on. Your ellipsoidal pollinium is much longer than wide.
Distribution and threat
Socotrella dolichocnema is used in the field of " Western Plateau " belonging to Yemen Socotra Island at altitudes around 660 meters. The species is classified in the red list of endangered species by the IUCN as endangered ( ' Vulnerable (VU ) ").