Biology:Clinanthus

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Clinanthus is a genus of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae.[1][2][3] It is found in western South America, including Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, north Chile and north west Argentina.[4]

Description

Clinanthus humilis

Vegetative characteristics

Clinanthus are perennial herbs with sessile,[5] linear to lorate,[6] up to 50–60 cm long leaves.[5]

Generative characteristics

The inflorescences have 2–10 mostly pink or red flowers. The androecium consists of 6 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 3 carpels.[5] The stigma is capitate.[7] The trilocular, green or glaucous capsule fruit bears numerous brown to black, winged, flat seeds.[5]

Taxonomy

It was published by William Herbert in 1821 with Clinanthus luteus Herb. as the type species.[8]

Species

Species include:

  • Clinanthus callacallensis (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus campodensis (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus caracensis (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus chihuanhuayu (Cárdenas) Meerow
  • Clinanthus coccineus (Ruiz & Pav.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus croceus (Savigny) Meerow
  • Clinanthus elwesii (Baker) Meerow
  • Clinanthus flammidus (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus fulvus (Herb.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus glareosus (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus humilis (Herb.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus imasumacc (Vargas) Meerow
  • Clinanthus incarnatus (Kunth) Meerow
  • Clinanthus incarum (Kraenzl.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus luteus Herb.
  • Clinanthus macleanicus (Herb.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus microstephium (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus mirabilis (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus recurvatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus sunchubambae (Ravenna) Meerow
  • Clinanthus variegatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Meerow
  • Clinanthus viridiflorus (Ruiz & Pav.) Meerow

Ecology

Habitat

Clinanthus occurs in seasonally dry shrubland or grassy vegetation[9] at elevations above 2000 m above sea level.[9][10][11]

Pollination

The flowers are possibly ornithophilous (i.e., bird pollinated).[10]

References

  1. "Clinanthus". The Plant List. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Amaryllidaceae/Clinanthus/. Retrieved 9 June 2013. 
  2. "Clinanthus Herb.". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1403-1. 
  3. "Clinanthus Herb.". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8VWBF. 
  4. "Clinanthus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302641. Retrieved 10 June 2013. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Soto Vásquez, M. R., & Leiva Salinas, M. J. (2015). Estudio exomorfológico y fitoquímico de los bulbos de dos especies endémicas del Perú de la familia Amaryllidaceae. Arnaldoa, 22(1).
  6. Herbert, W. (1837). Amaryllidaceæ: preceded by an attempt to arrange the Monocotyledonous orders, and followed by a treatise on cross-bred vegetables, and supplement. ... With fortyeight plates. pp. 192–193. Vereinigtes Königreich: (n.p.).
  7. Byng, J. W. (2014). The Flowering Plants Handbook: A practical guide to families and genera of the world. p. 87. Vereinigtes Königreich: Plant Gateway Ltd..
  8. Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.-d). Clinanthus Herb. Tropicos. Retrieved December 10, 2024, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/40010393
  9. 9.0 9.1 Rodríguez-Escobar, M. L., Tallini, L. R., Lisa-Molina, J., Berkov, S., Viladomat, F., Meerow, A., ... & Torras-Claveria, L. (2023). Chemical and Biological Aspects of Different Species of the Genus Clinanthus Herb.(Amaryllidaceae) from South America. Molecules, 28(14), 5408.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Meerow, A. W. (2010). Convergence or reticulation? Mosaic evolution in the canalized American Amaryllidaceae. Diversity, phylogeny and evolution in the monocotyledons, 145-168.
  11. Ruschel Tallini, L. (2018). Estudio de los alcaloides de las Amaryllidaceae como fuente de nuevas moléculas bioactivas.

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