Forsskaolea

Forsskaolea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Forsskaolea
L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Chamaedryfolia Dill.[1]
Caidbeja Forssk.[2]
Forsskalea[3]

Forsskaolea is a small genus of 6 species of perennial herbs in the nettle family with non-stinging hairs and dot-like concretions of mineral matter on their green parts. The genus was named in honor of Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål.[4]

Description

Leaves
The leaves have three ribs, are alternate, scalloped and with toothlike projections along the edges.
Flowers
Budding flowers are flat-topped clusters and bisexual and from the base stem, enclosed in bell shaped, densely hairy, rings of 3-6 bracts. Flowers are minute and unisexual with the female surrounded by a ring of male flowers. Male flowers have 3-5 lobed calyx and the females have none. Solitary stamen, upright wooly ovaries with no style.
Seeds
Achenes oval to elliptical, flattened, densely hairy and enveloped in wooly bracts.[2]

Distribution

Forsskaolea have found homes in the southern parts of the Palearctic from the Canary Isles and southeast Spain then eastwards to Pakistan and western India.[2]

Selected species

References

  1. ↑ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskaolea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Flora of Pakistan. "Forsskaolea Linn.". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  3. ↑ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskalea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  4. ↑  Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Forskål, Peter". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  5. ↑ "Forsskaolea L.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-04-24.


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