Artedia ( lat. Artedia ) is a monotypic genus of herbaceous plants from the Umbrella family growing in Israel , Lebanon and Cyprus . The genus Artedia is close to the genus Carrot ( Daucus ).
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The only species : Artedia squamata L. - Scaly artedia.
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Title
The genus is named after the Swedish ( Ingermanlandian ) naturalist Peter Artedi (1705-1735), a friend of Karl Linnaeus . Artedi was a zoologist , one of the founders of ichthyology , but he was also engaged in botany , primarily plants of the Umbrella family.
The species epithet , squamata (from lat. Squama “ scales ”), is explained by the presence of scales on the fruits.
Biological Description
Artedia is an erect grass plant up to sixty centimeters high, found along roads, in meadows, and abandoned fields.
Leaves twice and thrice-perforated, very narrow, less than one centimeter long.
Flowers are collected in complex umbrellas with a diameter of up to ten centimeters, which consist of simple umbrellas . Corollas are white. The outer petals of the marginal flowers are several times enlarged. Central flowers are staminate . Flowering - in March-May.
Pollination is carried out using insects . To attract pollinators in the center of the inflorescence is a black-violet formation in the shape of a small ball; it is an underdeveloped umbrella. Against the background of white petals, it is clearly visible and from afar it seems like a bug or a fly , which may attract other bugs and flies.
Fruits - in small scales.
Classification
In addition to Artedia squamata , Linnaeus also included Artedia muricata in the genus Artedia , but later included it in the genus Daucus ( carrot ): Daucus muricatus ( L. ) L. ( 1762 ) [ syn. Artedia muricata L. ( 1753 ) ]
In 1797, Peter Simon Pallas described the species of plants found in Crimea ; Pallas gave the same name to this species: Artedia squamata Pall. Now this species belongs to the genus Sanicula ( undergrowth ), and the name mentioned is synonymous with the name Sanicula crithmifolia Willd. ( 1801 ) . [2]
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Artedia squamata Pall. on the IPNI website
Literature
- Tsvelev N.N. Umbrella family (Apiaceae, or Umbelliferae) // Plant Life. In 6 t./ed. A. L. Takhtadzhyana . - M .: Education, 1981. - T. 5. Part 2. Flowering plants. - S. 302-309. - 300,000 copies.
Links
- Artedia squamata : nomenclature type photograph on the website of the London Museum of Natural History (The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project) (eng) Retrieved October 17, 2017
- Artedia : information on the GRIN website. (English) Retrieved March 26, 2009
- Scaly artedia on the site “Gardens of the Motherland” (inaccessible link) (Russian)
- Photograph of the fruits of artedia. US National Seed Herbarium Retrieved March 26, 2009
- Flickr Art Gallery Photos Retrieved October 17, 2017