Reseda ( lat. Reséda ) is a genus of annual , biennial and perennial herbaceous plants of the Resedacea family, common in Africa and Eurasia . The total number of species is about sixty [3] .
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Content
- 1 Name
- 2 Distribution
- 3 Biological Description
- 4 Cultivation and use
- 5 Views
- 6 notes
- 7 Literature
- 8 References
Title
The scientific name of the genus comes from lat. resedare (returning to the previous state) and is explained by the fact that the plant was previously used in herbal medicine : it was believed that with its help the body can be brought into a state of favorable equilibrium [4] . According to Max Fasmer , lat. resēdāre in this case means healing [5] .
The Russian name of the genus is “Reseda” - a transliteration of the scientific name.
Distribution
The range of the genus covers North Africa , Europe and part of Asia (before India ). The greatest species diversity is observed in the Mediterranean .
Biological Description
Representatives of the genus are annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants [3] .
Leaves are alternate, can be either pinnately dissected , or whole ; in some species, the lower leaves are whole, and the upper ones are pinnately dissected.
The flowers are small, stellate, collected in dense apical brushes . The color of the petals is white, yellow, greenish ( cultivars may have a different color - orange, red). Flowers of some species - for example, fragrant reseda - have an intense smell [3] [6] . Ovary upper .
The fruit is a box . Seeds are small, numerous.
Cultivation and use
The aromatic reseda is cultivated to obtain the essential oils used in perfumes . Earlier, even in Ancient Rome , this plant was used as a medicinal. Nowadays, fragrant and yellow reseda are used in folk medicine as a diaphoretic and diuretic and for heart diseases.
There is evidence of the use of the roots of the yellow Reseda ( Reseda luteola ) to obtain the yellow arziku dye in the first millennium BC, it is possible that the dye from the reseda was obtained earlier than the dyes of other widespread dyeing plants Wajda and Madder . Until the beginning of the twentieth century, parts of the plant were used to obtain dye used in the manufacture of dyes and in the textile industry , the use of this dye practically ceased after the appearance of cheap synthetic dyes. Currently used only as a dye for silk .
Despite the modest flowers, many species are widely cultivated as decorative [3] , possibly due to the published aroma.
Many species are good melliferous plants [4] .
Agricultural technology [3]
Plants can be grown both in partial shade and in the sun. It is desirable that the soil is alkaline , sufficiently fertile, well- drained .
Views
According to the database of The Plant List , the genus includes 31 species [7] :
- Reseda alba L. - White Reseda
- Reseda arabica boiss.
- Reseda aucheri Boiss. - Reseda Osh
- Reseda barrelieri Bertol. ex Müll.Arg.
- Reseda bucharica Litv. - Reseda Bukhara
- Reseda complicata bory
- Reseda decursiva Forssk.
- Reseda ellenbeckii perkins
- Reseda glauca L.
- Reseda globulosa fisch. & CAMey. - Reseda spherical
- Reseda gredensis ( Cutanda & Willk. ) Müll.Arg.
- Reseda inodora Rchb. - Reseda odorless
- Reseda jacquinii Rchb.
- Reseda lanceolata Lag.
- Reseda lutea L. typus [2] - Yellow Reseda
- Reseda luteola L. - Reseda yellow
- Reseda media Lag.
- Reseda muricata C.Presl
- Reseda odorata L. - Reseda fragrant , or Reseda odorous
- Reseda orientalis (Müll.Arg.) Boiss.
- Reseda paui Valdés Berm. & Kaercher
- Reseda phyteuma L.
- Reseda pruinosa delile
- Reseda stenostachya Boiss.
- Reseda stricta Pers.
- Reseda suffruticosa Loefl.
- Reseda tymphaea Hausskn.
- Reseda undata L.
- Reseda urnigera webb
- Reseda villosa Coss.
- Reseda virgata boiss. & Reut.
More than 120 species names have an undefined status.
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 .
- ↑ 1 2 Information about the genus Reseda in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Botany. Encyclopedia "All plants of the world": Per. from English = Botanica / ed. D. Grigoriev et al. - M .: Könemann, 2006 (Russian edition). - S. 738 .-- 1020 s. - ISBN 3-8331-1621-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 Vermeilen, N. Useful herbs. Illustrated Encyclopedia: Per. from English B. N. Golovkina. - M .: Labyrinth Press, 2002. - S. 245-246. - 320 p. - ISBN 5-9287-0244-2 .
- ↑ The etymological dictionary of Russian language by Max Fasmer - Resed (Retrieved August 25, 2009)
- ↑ Mayevsky P.F. Flora of the middle zone of the European part of Russia. - 10th ed., Rev. and add. - M .: T-in scientific. KMK editions, 2006. - S. 283. - 600 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-87317-321-5 .
- ↑ Reseda . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). Date accessed August 24, 2016.
Literature
- Reseda // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Reseda // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- Vasilchenko I.T. Resedaceae family // Life of plants. 6 t / hl ed. A. L. Takhtadzhyan . - M .: Education, 1981. - T. 5. Part 2. Flowering plants. / Ed. A. L. Takhtadzhyana . - S. 74-75. - 512 s. - 300,000 copies.
- All about medicinal plants in your beds / Ed. S. Yu. Radelova. - SPb. : SZKEO, 2010 .-- S. 214. - 224 p. - ISBN 978-5-9603-0124-4 .
Links
- Reseda : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and an illustrated atlas of species).
- Reseda in the Encyclopedia of Ornamental Garden Plants (Retrieved August 1, 2009)