Ostroholodochnik Mertens [2] ( lat. Oxytropis mertensiana ) is a species of dicotyledonous plants of the genus Ostroholodok ( Oxytropis ) of the legume family ( Fabaceae ). First described by the Russian botanist Nikolai Stepanovich Turchaninov in 1840 [3] [4] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution and habitat
- 2 Botanical Description
- 3 Environmental situation
- 4 Synonyms
- 5 notes
Distribution and habitat
Known from Russia (Northern Urals , Krasnoyarsk Territory , Yakutia , Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ) and the USA ( Alaska ) [5] .
It grows in well-moistened mountainous areas, rocky streams, in the tundra and along river banks [5] .
Botanical Description
Photophilous herbaceous plant [2] with an almost lost stalk [5] .
Leaves are complex [2] ; the lower leaves are single-leafed, the upper ones consist of three, less often four - five leaves. Leaflets are lanceolate, green in the upper and bluish from the lower part, glabrous or (rarely) with scattered white hairs [5] .
The inflorescence is racemose, with two to four flowers; a flower with a tubular cup covered mainly with black hairs and a pale violet or red-violet nimbus [5] .
The fruit is an oblong, almost one-nosed bean [5] .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16 [5] [6] .
Environmental Situation
The mercenary boatman Mertens is listed in the Red Books of the Komi Republic and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Russia) [5] .
Synonyms
Synonymous names [3] :
- Aragallus mertensianus ( Turcz. ) Greene
- Spiesia mertensiana ( Turcz. ) Kuntze
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 3 Oxytropis mertensiana : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and an illustrated atlas of species).
- ↑ 1 2 Oxytropis mertensiana Turcz. - The Plant List
- ↑ Tropicos | Name -! Oxytropis mertensiana Turcz
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FLORA
- ↑ Oxytropis mertensiana Turcz . Tropicos