Frankenia
Sign in to saveFrankenia (sea heath) is the only genus in the Frankeniaceae family of flowering plants. Other genera have been recognized within the family, such as Anthobryum, Hypericopsis and Niederleinia, but molecular phylogenetic studies have consistently shown that they all belong inside Frankenia. Frankenia comprises about 70–80 species of shrubs, subshrubs and herbaceous plants, adapted to saline and dry environments throughout temperate and subtropical regions. A few species are in cultivation as ornamental plants.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyFrankeniaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Bolivia, Bulgaria, California
Frankenia ist die einzige Pflanzengattung der Familie der Frankeniaceae innerhalb der Ordnung der Nelkenartigen (Caryophyllales). Eingedeutscht werden sie auch Frankenien genannt.[1] Die etwa 90 Arten kommen in Trockengebieten (arid) in warmen Zonen fast weltweit vor, viele Arten sind salztolerant. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beschreibung 1.1 Habitus und Laubblätter 1.2 Blütenstände und Blüten 1.3 Früchte und Samen 1.4 Inhaltsstoffe und Chromosomensätze 2 Ökologie 3 Systematik und Verbreitung 3.1 Arten (Auswahl) 4 Quellen 4.1 Einzelnachweise 5 Weblinks Beschreibung Illustration von Frankenia corymbosa aus Flora Atlantica, sive, Historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt, Tafel 93 Habitus und radiärsymmetrische Blüten von Frankenia chilensis Blüten von Frankenia pauciflora Gegenständige Blätter und Blüte von Frankenia salina Habitus und Laubblätter Frankenia-Arten wachsen als kleine Sträucher oder ausdauernde oder selten einjährige krautige Pflanzen. Die Siebröhrenplastiden sind vom S-Typ. Ihre Laubblätter sind gegenständig angeordnet. Die meist kleinen, schuppenförmigen (erikoiden) oder einfachen Laubblätter können gestielt sein und sind oft verwachsen. Der B
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7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny and classification
- Species
- Distribution and habitat
- Cultivation
- References
Frankenia (sea heath) is the only genus in the Frankeniaceae family of flowering plants. Other genera have been recognized within the family, such as Anthobryum, Hypericopsis and Niederleinia, but molecular phylogenetic studies have consistently shown that they all belong inside Frankenia. Frankenia comprises about 70–80 species of shrubs, subshrubs and herbaceous plants, adapted to saline and dry environments throughout temperate and subtropical regions. A few species are in cultivation as ornamental plants.
==Description== Frankenia species are salt tolerant (halophytic) or drought tolerant (xerophytic) shrubs, subshrubs or herbaceous plants. They have opposite, simple leaves, generally small and somewhat heather-like, and often with salt-excreting glands in sunken pits. Their flowers are small, either solitary or borne in various kinds of cyme. Each flower has four to seven sepals, joined at the base into a tube, and four to seven overlapping petals, narrowed at the base. The stamens are often arranged in two whorls of three each. The ovary is made up of one to four carpels (usually three). The fruit is a capsule, enclosed in the persistent sepals. The seeds have a central embryo with considerable starchy endosperm on each side.