Niedzwedzkia

Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Niedzwedzkia
Fedtsch.
Species: N. semiretschenskia
Binomial name
Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia
Fedtsch.
Synonyms
  • Incarvillea semiretschenskia (Fedtsch.) Grierson

Niedzwedzkia is a single species genus named for the Russian botanist Vladislav Niedzwiecki. Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia is a rare perennial flower endemic to dry, rocky hillsides in Kazakhstan, placed on the IUCN Red List in 1997. [1] [2] The plant is sometimes treated as Incarvillea, but has winged capsules and septifragal dehiscence.

Description

The plant has numerous wiry upright stems growing to a height of 45 cm from a sub-shrub base. The leaves are deeply incised with linear lobes. The orange-pink tubular flowers are 6 cm long by 4 cm across. The fruits are 5 cm long and feature six very wavy wings.[3] Ploidy 2n = 22. [4]

Cultivation

The plant demands well drained dry soil in a warm position exposed to full sun; it is hardy to -15° Celsius.[3]

Accessions

References

  1. Walter, K. S. & Gillett, H. J. (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.
  2. Czerepanov, S. K. (2007) Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
  3. 1 2 Phillips, R. & Rix, M. (1989). Perennials, Vol. 1, p. 187. Pan Books Ltd., London. ISBN 0-330-30258-2
  4. Chen, S. et al. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of Incarvillea (Bignoniaceae) based on ITS and TRN L-F sequences. American Journal of Botany 92 (4): 625-633. 2005.
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