Allohruza ( lat. Allochrusa ) is a genus of plants of the family of carnations ( Caryophyllaceae ), previously included in the genus Thistle ( Acanthophyllum ).
| Allohruza |
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| The kingdom : | Green plants |
| Over Order : | Caryophyllanae Takht. , 1967 |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Allochrusa Bunge ex Boiss. [2] , 1867 |
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Allochrusa versicolor ( Fisch. & CAMey. ) Boiss. [3] |
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DescriptionPerennial herbs and dwarf shrubs with actively branching stems, forming pillows similar in form to spherical.
Leaves without thorns.
Chemical composition, useMost species contain saponins in the roots. Roots can be harvested as a raw material called “Turkestan soap root”. Can be used in the food industry, previously used in textile production as a natural detergent.
TypesThe genus includes 8 species [4] :
- Allochrusa bungei Boiss. - Allohruza Bunge , or Bunge Thistle
- Allochrusa gypsophiloides ( Regel ) Schischk. - Allohruza kachimovidnaya , or prickly kachimovidny
- Allochrusa paniculata ( Regel & Herder ) Ovcz. & Czukav. - Allohruza paniculata , or Thistle paniculata
- Allochrusa persica ( Boiss. ) Boiss.
- Allochrusa tadshikistanica Schischk. - Allohruza Tajikistan , or Prickly Tajiks , or soap root
- Allochrusa takhtajanii Gabrieljan & Dittrich - Allochrusa Tahtajan
- Allochrusa transhyrcana Czerep.
- Allochrusa versicolor ( Fisch. & CAMey. ) Boiss.
Notes- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ Flora Orientalis: sive, Enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum / Edmond Boissier
- ↑ Information about the genus Allochrusa (English) in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .
- ↑ Species of the genus Allochrusa according to The Plant List .
Literature- Biological Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. M. S. Gilyarov ; Edited .: A. A. Baev , G. G. Winberg, G. A. Zavarzin, and others. - M .: Sov. Encyclopedia , 1986. - p. 274. - 831 p. - 100 000 copies
- Thistle // Kvarner - Kongur. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1973. - (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 t.] / Ch. Ed. AM Prokhorov ; 1969-1978, vol. 12).
Links- Allochrusa : information about the taxon in the Planterium project (a determinant of plants and an illustrated atlas of species).