| Schreiteria | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Schreiteria Carolin |
| Species: | S. macrocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Schreiteria macrocarpa (Speg.) Carolin | |
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]
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]
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]
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