- Family:
- Lamiaceae Martinov
Drepanocaryum Pojark.
[LKGF]
Harley, R.M. et al. (2004). Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs, not aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple, petiolate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence thyrsoid, cymes axillary, long-pedunculate, distant
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts similar to the leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles subulate to acerose, inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx markedly oblique-gibbous at base, weakly 2-lipped, 5-lobed (3/2), lobes subequal or anterior lobes slightly longer, triangular, throat ± straight
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla slightly exceeding calyx, 2-lipped, 5-lobed (2/3), blue-lilac, anterior lip with median lobe concave, margin undulate, tube gradually widening above
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with filaments parallel, thecae glabrous, divergent at 180°
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma lobes subequal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc 4-horned
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets globose, tuberculate, mucilaginous, areole large, curved.
- Note
- One species, D. sewerzowii (Regel) Pojark.
- Ecology
- Montane
- Distribution
- Western and Central Asia.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Iran, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Drepanocaryum Pojark. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in V.L.Komarov, Fl. URSS 20: 516 (1954)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
- Budantsev, Bot. Zhurn. 77, 12: 118-128 (1992), rev.
- Drepanocaryum Pojark., Fl. U.R.S.S., 20: 516 (1954)
- Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
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