Biology:Seetzenia
Seetzenia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.[1]
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Seetzenia are prostrate, perennial herbs with oppositely arranged, stipulate, trifoliolate leaves.[2]
Generative characteristics
The small, pedicellate, actinomorphic, bisexual flowers have 5 sepals and no petals. The androecium consists of 5 stamens. The gynoecium consists of 5 carpels. The capsule fruit produces oval seeds.[2]
Taxonomy
It was described by Robert Brown in 1826.[1] The type species is Seetzenia orientalis Decne.[3] It is placed in the subfamily Seetzenioideae.[4]
Etymology
The genus name of Seetzenia is in honour of Ulrich Jasper Seetzen (1767–1811), a German explorer of Arabia and Palestine from Jever, German Frisia.[5]
Species
It has two accepted species:[1]
- Seetzenia lanata (Willd.) Bullock
- Seetzenia orientalis Decne.
Distribution and habitat
Its native range is the Sahara to north-eastern Tropical Africa (in Algeria, the Cape Provinces, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan and the Western Sahara), Arabian Peninsula (in Afghanistan, the Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen), the Sinai to India.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Seetzenia R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41740-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Seetzenia in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved February 7, 2026, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=314991
- ↑ Missouri Botanical Garden. (n.d.). Seetzenia R. Br. Tropicos. Retrieved February 7, 2026, from https://www.tropicos.org/name/50303328
- ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=11034. Accessed 7 February 2026.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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