Stachitarfeta ( Latin Stachytarpheta ) is a genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants included in the tribe Duranteae of the Verbenaceae family .
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 Stahitarfeta Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Stachytarpheta Vahl , 1804, nom. cons. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis ( L. ) Vahl, 1804 - Stachitarfeta Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Title
The scientific name of the genus was first used in 1804 by the Danish botanist Martin Val . It is formed from other Greek. στάχυς - “spike” and ταρφειός - “thick, frequent”.
Botanical Description
Representatives of the genus are shrubs and perennial or annual herbaceous plants with branching stems.
Leaves located most often opposite, with a solid or obscure serrated edge.
The flowers are collected in long spike inflorescences. Calyx divided into 4 or 5 membranous or leaf-shaped sepals, tubular. Corolla is divided into 5 fused petals, painted in white, blue, lilac or red tones. 4 stamens , two of them underdeveloped. Pestle with capitate stigma, long. The ovary is two-rooted.
The fruit is a dry, oblong-linear shape, expanding into two parts.
Range
Species of the genus Stachitarfeta are naturally distributed in tropical regions of South America . Many of them naturalized in Africa and Asia .
Taxonomy
| from another 7 tribes, including Verbeneae | ||||||||||||
| about 129 [2] species | ||||||||||||
| Verbena family | clan Stachitarfeta | |||||||||||
| the order is Lamiaceae | tribe Duranteae | |||||||||||
| 20 more families ( APG III System ) | 8 more births | |||||||||||
Synonyms
- Abena ( Neck. Ex Schauer ) Hitchc. , 1893
- Cymburus Salisb. , 1806
- Melasanthus Pohl , 1827
- Sarcostachya Juss. , 1827, nom. superfl.
- Sherardia Vaill. ex Mill. , 1754, nom. illeg.
- Stachytarpha Link , 1821, nom. superfl.
- Tarpheta Raf. , 1837, nom. superfl.
- Ubochea Baill. , 1891
- Valerianoides Medik. , 1789, nom. rej.
- Vermicularia Moench , 1802, nom. rej.
Views
The genus includes from 60 to 129 species. Some of them:
- Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl, 1804
- Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl, 1804 - Stachitarfeta Jamaican
- Stachytarpheta mutabilis ( Jacq. ) Vahl, 1804
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 .
- ↑ Species of Stachytarpheta on TPL
Literature
- Brown, N. The European Garden Flora. - Cambridge, 2011 .-- Vol. V. - P. 45. - 660 p. - ISBN 978-0-521-76164-2 .