Malesherbia is a genus of flowering plants consisting of 25 species in the Passifloraceae. This is a xerophytic group endemic to the Peruvian and Chilean deserts and adjacent Argentina. The genus is currently recognized by the APG III system of classification in the family Passifloraceae, and is the sole member of the subfamily Malesherbioideae.[1][2]
Description
Malesherbia is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs.
Flower morphology
Members of Malesherbia have perfect hermaphroditic flowers that come in various shades of red, pink, pale yellow, white, and purple.[3] These are tube or funnel shaped, with 10 nerves, 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamen and 3-4 styles.[4] They have either solitary flowers opposite to leaves or inflorescence that look like clusters.[4]
Taxonomy
In 1794, Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez would describe Malesherbia.[5] Malesherbia was distinguished from other genera due to its small five parted limbus, ovulate open jaciniis, five petals that are inserted at the interstices of the throat of the calyx, five oblong and bilocular anthers, three pistils, and several other traits.[5] The genus is named after Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes.[5] In the original description, the type species was not named.
In 1798, Antonio José Cavanilles would describe the genera under Gynopleura. Cavanilles admitted that Malesherbia was described exactly as Gynopleura, however, the seeds of Malesherbia were not described in the original text, and thus Cavanilles felt justified in publishing the genera under Gynopleura.[6] Cacanilles would, however, establish M. tubulosa as the genera's type species.
Accepted species[7]
- Malesherbia angustisecta Harms
- Malesherbia ardens J.F.Macbr.
- Malesherbia arequipensis Ricardi
- Malesherbia auristipulata Ricardi
- Malesherbia bracteata Phil.
- Malesherbia corallina Muñoz-Schick & R.Pinto
- Malesherbia densiflora Phil.
- Malesherbia deserticola Phil.
- Malesherbia fasciculata D.Don
- Malesherbia fatimae Weigend & H.Beltrán
- Malesherbia haemantha Harms
- Malesherbia humilis Poepp.
- Malesherbia lactea Phil.
- Malesherbia laraosensis H.Beltrán & Weigend
- Malesherbia linearifolia (Cav.) Poir.
- Malesherbia lirana Gay
- Malesherbia paniculata D.Don
- Malesherbia scarlatiflora Gilg
- Malesherbia solanoides Meyen
- Malesherbia splendens Ricardi
- Malesherbia tenuifolia D.Don
- Malesherbia tocopillana Ricardi
- Malesherbia tubulosa (Cav.) J.St.-Hil.
- Malesherbia turbinea J.F.Macbr.
- Malesherbia weberbaueri Gilg
Phylogeny[8]
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Please note, this phylogeny does not include Malesherbia laraosensis. As of 2022, a phylogenetic analysis including M. laraosensis has not been published.
Uses
Medicinal
Malesherbia ardens is used in traditional medicine to treat colds, coughs, bronchitis, and asthma.[9] The entire plant along with Contilo, Arabisca, and Huamanripa are brewed into a tea, which is consumed three times a day.[9]
Distribution
Members of Malesherbia are native to South America, specifically the arid and Andean regions of Perú, Chile and Argentina.[10][11]
References
- ^ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
- ^ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Bull-Hereñu, Kester; Ronse De Craene, Louis P. (2020). "Ontogenetic Base for the Shape Variation of Flowers in Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav. (Passifloraceae)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00202. ISSN 2296-701X.
- ^ a b Reiche, Karl Friedrich; Reiche, Karl Friedrich (1896). Flora de Chile. Santiago de Chile: Impr. Cervantes. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.611.
- ^ a b c Ruiz, López; Hipólito, Pavón; Jiménez-Villanueva, José Antonio (1794). Florae peruvianae, et chilensis prodromus, sive novorum generum plantarum peruvianarum, et chilensium descriptiones, et icones (in Latin). Madrid: Madrid: in Sancha's printing press. p. 45.
- ^ Ruiz, Hipólito (1798). Florae peruvianae, et chilensis, sive, Descriptiones, et icones plantarum peruvianarum, et chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis (in Latin). Vol. 3. [Madrid] : Typis Gabrielis de Sancha. pp. 2, 30–31.
- ^ "Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Gengler-Nowak, Karla M. (April 1, 2003). "Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Malesherbiaceae". Systematic Botany. 28 (2): 333–44. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.333 (inactive 31 January 2024). JSTOR 3094002.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - ^ a b Bussmann, Rainer W; Sharon, Douglas (2006). "Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 2 (1): 47. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-47. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 1637095. PMID 17090303.
- ^ Gengler-Nowak, Karla (2002-01-01). "Reconstruction of the biogeographical history of Malesherbiaceae". The Botanical Review. 68 (1): 171–188. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0171:ROTBHO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1874-9372. S2CID 2664205.
- ^ Guerrero, Pablo C.; Rosas, Marcelo; Arroyo, Mary T. K.; Wiens, John J. (2013-07-09). "Evolutionary lag times and recent origin of the biota of an ancient desert (Atacama–Sechura)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (28): 11469–11474. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11011469G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1308721110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3710863. PMID 23798420.
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