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Schreiteria macrocarpa

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Schreiteria macrocarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Montiaceae
Genus: Schreiteria
Carolin (1985)
Species:
S. macrocarpa
Binomial name
Schreiteria macrocarpa
(Speg.) Carolin (1985)
Synonyms[1]

Calandrinia macrocarpa Speg. (1899)

Schreiteria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae. It is represented by the single species of Schreiteria macrocarpa (Speg.) Carolin. It is native to north-western Argentina.[1]

Description

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It is a perennial herb with tuberous roots.[2] The flowers are in cymes.[3] The bracts and sepals are persistent (remaining to the maturity of fruit) but the bracts are deciduous. The pollen is polyrugate (meaning that the pollen has more than one furrow,[4]). The seed capsule is up to 40 mm (2 in) long and 3 valved.[3] The seeds are compressed and irregularly papillate (covered in papilla). It has an embryo that almost encircles the perisperm.[2]

Taxonomy

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The genus name of Schreiteria is in honour of Carlos Rodolfo Schreiter (1877–1942), a German-Argentinian botanist and student of Miguel Lillo.[5] The Latin specific epithet of macrocarpa meaning with large fruit,[6] from Greek 'makros' meaning large and 'karpos' meaning fruit.[7] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Parodiana Vol.3 on page 330 in 1985.[1]

The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Schreiteria Carolin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Klaus Kubitzki, Jens G. Rohwer and Volker Bittrich (Editors) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Flowering Plants · Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid and Caryophyllid Families (1993), p. 552, at Google Books
  3. ^ a b James W. Byng The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world (2014), p. 370, at Google Books
  4. ^ Alfred Traverse Paleopalynology: Second Edition (2007), p. 690, at Google Books
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
  7. ^ Urs Eggli and Leonard E. Newton Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names (2004), p. 143, at Google Books
  8. ^ "Genus Schreiteria Carolin". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 3 February 2022.