Forsskaolea

Forsskaolea is a small genus of 7 species of perennial herbs in the nettle family with non-stinging hairs and dot-like concretions of mineral matter on their green parts. The genus was named in honor of Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål.[4]

Forsskaolea
Forsskaolea angustifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Urticaceae
Genus: Forsskaolea
L.
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Chamaedryfolia Dill.[1]
Caidbeja Forssk.[2]
Forsskalea[3]

Description
Leaves
The leaves have three ribs, are alternate, scalloped and with toothlike projections along the edges.
Flowers
Budding flowers are flat-topped clusters and bisexual and from the base stem, enclosed in bell shaped, densely hairy, rings of 3-6 bracts. Flowers are minute and unisexual with the female surrounded by a ring of male flowers. Male flowers have 3-5 lobed calyx and the females have none. Solitary stamen, upright wooly ovaries with no style.
Seeds
Achenes oval to elliptical, flattened, densely hairy and enveloped in wooly bracts.[2]

Distribution

Forsskaolea have found homes in the southern parts of the Palearctic from the Canary Isles and southeast Spain then eastwards to Pakistan and western India.[2]

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of December 2022:[5]

References
  1. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskaolea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  2. Flora of Pakistan. "Forsskaolea Linn". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  3. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskalea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  4. Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Forskål, Peter" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  5. "Forsskaolea L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.


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