| Schreiteria macrocarpa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: |
Schreiteria Carolin (1985) |
| Species: | S. macrocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Schreiteria macrocarpa (
Speg.) Carolin (1985)
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| Synonyms [1] | |
|
Calandrinia macrocarpa Speg. (1899) | |
Schreiteria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae. It is represented by the single species of Schreiteria macrocarpa (Speg.) Carolin. It is native to north-western Argentina. [1]
Description
It is a perennial herb with tuberous roots. [2] The flowers are in cymes. [3] The bracts and sepals are persistent (remaining to the maturity of fruit) but the bracts are deciduous. The pollen is polyrugate (meaning that the pollen has more than one furrow, [4]). The seed capsule is up to 40 mm (2 in) long and 3 valved. [3] The seeds are compressed and irregularly papillate (covered in papilla). It has an embryo that almost encircles the perisperm. [2]
Taxonomy
The genus name of Schreiteria is in honour of Carlos Rodolfo Schreiter (1877–1942), a German-Argentinian botanist and student of Miguel Lillo. [5] The Latin specific epithet of macrocarpa meaning with large fruit, [6] from Greek 'makros' meaning large and 'karpos' meaning fruit. [7] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Parodiana Vol.3 on page 330 in 1985. [1]
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species. [8]
References
- ^ a b c "Schreiteria Carolin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ a b Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer and Volker Bittrich (Editors) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families (1993), p. 552, at Google Books
- ^ a b James W. Byng The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world (2014), p. 370, at Google Books
- ^ Alfred Traverse Paleopalynology: Second Edition (2007), p. 690, at Google Books
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi: 10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ^ Urs Eggli and Leonard E. Newton Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names (2004), p. 143, at Google Books
- ^ "Genus Schreiteria Carolin". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 February 2022.