Kermek ( lat. Limonium ) - a genus of plants of the family Pig ( Plumbaginaceae ). Previously, this genus was sometimes referred to the Kermekov family ( Limoniaceae ) [2] .
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 Kermek ordinary ( Limonium vulgare ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Limonium Mill. (1754), nom. cons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Limonium vulgare Mill. ( Kermek ordinary ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Species of the Kermek genus according to The Plant List (2013) Some types: see text | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Different sources give different data on the number of species that make up the genus: 200 [3] , 300 [4] , 350 [5] . According to the database of The Plant List (2013), the genus includes 166 species [6] .
Content
Title
It comes from the Greek word leimon - a lawn, a meadow, according to the habitat of some species of the genus.
Distribution
Representatives of the genus are found on all continents, but mainly from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. It is represented on the territory of the former USSR by 40 species, nine are found in Western Siberia and two in Altai .
Plants of this genus often grow on saline soils. Some form the so-called tumbleweed .
Botanical Description
Perennial grasses , less often shrubs.
The leaves are large, mostly only basal.
Flowers in panicles , small, five-membered, pink, purple or yellow; stigmas are filiform.
Practical use
The roots contain tannins and many kermeks have long been used to tan leather. Some kermeks receive yellow, green, pink and black paints for leather and carpet production.
Many representatives of the genus are used as ornamental plants. Until recently, about 30 types of kermek were used in floriculture, and even then it was very limited, but now the interest in these crops has greatly increased both among arrangers, landscape designers and flower gardeners. In this regard, many interesting new varieties were created by breeders and a number of new species were introduced into the culture. As annuals, Kermek notched ( Limonium sinuatum ), Chinese Kermek ( Limonium sinense ), Kermek Peres ( Limonium perezii ) are grown, as perennials - Kermek Gmelin ( Limonium gmelinii ), Kermek ordinary ( Limonium vulgare ), Kermek broadleaf Limon .
Kermek Gmelin ( Limonium gmelinii ) is a medicinal plant used in modern folk medicine.
Species of the Kermek clan
Some species according to the site GRIN [7] indicating the area:
- Limonium arborescens ( Brouss. ) Kuntze
- Limonium bellidifolium ( Gouan ) Dumort.
- Limonium brassicifolium ( Webb & Berthel. ) Kuntze
- Limonium californicum ( Boiss. ) A.Heller - California Kermek
- Limonium carolinianum ( Walter ) Britton - Kermek Caroline . The coast of northeast North America ( USA and Canada ), including the banks of the St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic coast; Bermuda Mexican state of Tamaulipas .
- Limonium fruticans ( Webb ex Boiss. ) Kuntze
- Limonium gerberi Soldano - Kermek broadleaf - Europe , Caucasus .
- Limonium gmelinii ( Willd. ) Kuntze - Kermek Gmelin . The European part of Russia , Siberia , Altai , Central Asia , Central Europe, Northern China , Mongolia .
- Limonium lobatum ( Lf ) Chaz.
- Limonium macrophyllum ( Brouss. Ex Spreng. ) Kuntze - Kermek largeleaf
- Limonium otolepis ( Schrenk ) Kuntze
- Limonium pectinatum ( Aiton ) Kuntze
- Limonium peregrinum ( PJ Bergius ) RADyer
- Limonium perezii ( Stapf ) FTHubb. - Kermek Perez . Canary Islands .
- Limonium puberulum ( Webb ) Kuntze
- Limonium sinense ( Girard ) Kuntze - Kermek Chinese
- Limonium sinuatum ( L. ) Mill. - Kermek is notched , or Kermek is notched , or Statice , or Statice is notched . Mediterranean , Asia Minor . A popular garden plant. In the 1st volume of the Abstract of Flora of Eastern Europe, N. N. Tsvelev singled out this species as a separate genus Linczevskia ( Linchevskia ), the name of the species corresponding to this approach is Linczevskia sinuata ( L. ) Tzvel. ( Lynchevsky vymechatolistny ) [8] .
- Limonium tomentellum Kuntze - Kermek pubescent
- Limonium vulgare Mill. typus - Kermek ordinary . Western Europe , North Africa .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating 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 .
- ↑ Tsvelev, 1996 .
- ↑ Great Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary: Kermek (Retrieved May 12, 2010)
- ↑ Flora of the USSR, Volume 18 ... (see the Literature section).
- ↑ Plumebug (English) : information on the APWeb website (Retrieved April 27, 2013) .
- ↑ Limonium . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). Date of treatment October 1, 2016.
- ↑ List of species of the Kermek genus on the GRIN website Archival copy of September 24, 2015 on the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 12, 2010)
- ↑ Tsvelev N.N. Genus 4. Linczevskia Tzvel. // Abstract of flora of Eastern Europe / Ed. N. N. Tsveleva . - M .; SPb .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2012. - T. 1. - P. 338. - 630 p. - 200 copies. - ISBN 978-5-87317-872-8 .
Literature
- Kermek / Egorova T.V. // Kvarner - Kongur. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1973. - (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. Ed. AM Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 12).
- Linchevsky I.A., Rozhkova O.I., Steinberg E.I. Piglets - Plumbaginaceae Lindl. // Flora of the USSR : in 30 t. / Started at hand. and under chap. ed. V. L. Komarova . - M .; L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1952. - Vol. 18 / ed. volumes B.K. Shishkin , E.G. Bobrov . - S. 292-474. - 802 seconds - 3000 copies.
- Nikiforov Yu.V. Altai herbs-healers. - Gorno-Altaysk: Yuch-Sumer - Belukha, 1992. (Retrieved November 4, 2009)
- Tsvelev N.N. Kermek - Limonium Mill. // Flora of Eastern Europe / Ed. ed. and ed. volumes N. N. Tsvelev. - SPb. : Peace and Family 95, 1996. - T. IX. - S. 164-169. - 456 s. - 500 copies - ISBN 5-90016-28-X.
Links
- Limonium Flora of North America at eFloras Website (Retrieved May 22, 2014)
- The Big Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary: Kermek (Retrieved May 7, 2010)
- Perennial species of the Kermek genus, widely distributed in culture // Encyclopedia of ornamental garden plants (Retrieved May 22, 2014)
- Perennial plants of the Kermek genus, cultivated in central Russia as annuals // Encyclopedia of ornamental garden plants (Retrieved May 22, 2014)