- Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Bystropogon L'Hér.
[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
- Shrubs, strongly aromatic, frequently gynodioecious
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate, crenate, dentate to subentire
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence in compound, terminal or axillary, dichasial, pedunculate, few to many-flowered, often corymbiform cymes, lax or congested, in axils of leaf-like bracts, often forming spherical glomerules, often with solitary, terminal flower at lowest cyme
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracteoles
- Bracteoles inconspicuous, lowest sometimes leaf-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx cylindrical-campanulate, ± actinomorphic, equally 5-lobed, lobes triangular-subulate, sometimes plumose, tube 10-nerved, often long-pilose, throat hairy
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white, pink or lilac, weakly 2-lipped, 5-lobed (2/3), posterior lip emarginate to 2-fid, anterior lip with median lobe broader, tube included in calyx
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, shorter than corolla, didynamous, anterior pair longer, spreading, filaments glabrous, thecae parallel or divergent, distinct, connective slightly dilated
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma lobes unequal to subequal, long-subulate, anterior lobe broader
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc symmetrical, reddish-orange
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets oblong-ovoid, smooth or finely tuberculate.
- Note
- 2n = 42, 48. Hybrids have been reported. La Serna (1984) recognized two sections: Sect. Bystropogon, flowers in dichasial cymes, calyces with lobes narrow, subulate, plumose, nutlets smooth, 4 species in the Canary Is. Sect. Canariense La-Serna, flowe
- Distribution
- Seven species, endemic to the Canary Islands and Madeira.
- Ecology
- Mountain slopes and clearings.
Native to:
Canary Is., Madeira
- Bystropogon × beltraniae La Serna
- Bystropogon canariensis (L.) L'Hér.
- Bystropogon maderensis Webb & Berthel.
- Bystropogon odoratissimus Bolle
- Bystropogon origanifolius L'Hér.
- Bystropogon plumosus (L.f.) L'Hér.
- Bystropogon punctatus L'Hér.
- Bystropogon × schmitzii (Menezes) Menezes
- Bystropogon × serrulatus Webb & Berthel.
- Bystropogon wildpretii La Serna
Bystropogon L'Hér. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sert. Angl.: 19 (1789)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- 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
- Bystropogon L'Hér., Sert. Angl. 19, t. 22, 23 (1788), nom. cons.
- 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
- La-Serna, Revisión del género Bystropogon. J.Cramer, Vaduz (1984), rev.
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Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets
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