Class: | angiosperms |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Genus: | Pedicularis |
Scientific name: | Pedicularis abrotanifolia Bieb. ex Stev. |
Name acc. to: | APG IIIchecked |
Herbar: | list records |
Synonym: | Scrophulariaceae P. abrotanifolia Bieb. ex Stev. (acc. to Gubanov 1996) |
Link to Flora of China: | http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2&name_str=Pedicularis+abrotanifolia |
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Habitat: | Steppe stony slopes, rocks, screes, brook banks and pebbles in alpine belt (Grubov 2001). |
Habit (i)general appearance of a plant | |
Growth form: (i)Herb, shrub, tree or climber. | herb (i)Herbaceous, erect plant, up to 2m high, mostly with a leafy shoot; if perennial, shoots die to the ground each season, shoots are not woody example: Artemisia pectinata inherited by family Orobanchaceae: herb perennial (i)Living for several to many years, as opposed to annual and biennial
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Parasite status: (i)Is the plant a half- or full parasite? | no parasite/saprophyte (i)Plant fully autonomous, leaves with chlorophyll example: Most plants, Ranunculus inherited by genus Pedicularis: no parasite/saprophyte Parasite/saprophyte (i)Plant not or not fully autonomous, leaves often without chlorophyll example: Cuscuta, Corallorhiza, Epipogium (holomycotrophic)c inherited by genus Pedicularis: Parasite/saprophyte semi-parasite (i)Plant with chlorophyll in green leaves, but roots suck on other plants example: Melampyrum, Odontites, Pedicularis inherited by genus Pedicularis: semi-parasite
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Water or terrestrial plant: (i)Where do the plants grow? | terrestrial (i)Plant grows on dry land example: Orostachys spinosa inherited by family Orobanchaceae: terrestrial
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Leaf (i)expanded, usually photosynthetic organ of a plant (including phylloclades) | |
Leaf development: (i)Structure and development of leaves. | with green leaves (i)Plant with green leaves inherited by family Orobanchaceae: with green leaves without green leaves (i)Plant at flowering time (some geophytes) or over its whole life (many parasites) with reduced leaves without chlorophyll example: Colchicum, Cuscuta, a lot of parasites inherited by family Orobanchaceae: without green leaves needles or scales (i)Leaves short, broad more or less adjacent to axis (scales)) or acicular (needles) example: Pinus (needles), Cupressus, Ephedra (scales) inherited by family Orobanchaceae: needles or scales
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Leaf margin: (i)Structure of leaf margin (or that of a leaflet in case of compound leaves). Attention: Here we ask for the leaf margin, defined as all those dissections that separate the leaf for less than one third of its length or width, whatever is smaller. To be worked out: how to handle margin of pinnate leaves? | serrate / dentate / crenulate (i)Margin saw-like or rounded teethed example: Betula, Lophanthus (crenulate) inherited by genus Pedicularis: serrate / dentate / crenulate finely serrate / dentate (i)Fine teeth, more than 20 per leaf length; usually only one lateral vein per tooth example: Pedicularis inherited by genus Pedicularis: finely serrate / dentate
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Leaf veination: (i)Arrangement of the main veins of a leaf. | pinnate (i)One main vein, several side veins, sometimes inconspicuous example: Cicerbita inherited by family Orobanchaceae: pinnate
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Flower (i)reproductive portion of the plant, consisting of sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils | |
Flower appearance and pollination: (i)General appearance of the flower. | attractive, animal-pollinated (i)attractive and coloured flowers, mostly large, attracting surely animals example: Trollius, Rosa, Chamaerhodos inherited by family Orobanchaceae: attractive, animal-pollinated
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Flower colour: (i)Attention: assess colour of the most colourful parts of the flower, but not of the stamens; be aware of single plants with a mutation (mostly white) on flower colour. | yellow to orange (i)Pale to golden yellow example: Ranunculus, Crepis
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Perianth arrangement: (i)Attention: in some plants, flowers may be dimorphic in different ways (dioecious or gynodioecious). If flowers vary, record the characters of the most showy flowers. | double, different (i)Two types of perianth leaves, differently coloured (sepals: outer periant leaves, usually greenish, and petals: inner perianth leaves, usually coloured) example: Parnassia inherited by family Orobanchaceae: double, different
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Length of flower: (i)For zygomorphic flowers only, instead of diameter of flower. | from 10 mm to 20 mm
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Flower symmetry: (i)Symmetry of the perianth leaves. Attention: to assess this character, look on sepals, petals and stamens, but neglect carpels and ovary. | zygomorphic (i)One axis of symmetry, monosymmetrical flowers example: Pedicularis, Nepeta, Viola inherited by family Orobanchaceae: zygomorphic
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Flower form: (i)common forms of flowers ? Veronica | bilabiate (i)Petals froming two lips, flower usually zygomorphic example: Lamiaceae, Scrophulariaceae p.p. inherited by family Orobanchaceae: bilabiate
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Sepal number: (i)Number of sepal leaves (outer perianth leaves, calyx leaves, mostly greenish). Attention, this character applies only for flowers separated in sepals and petals, thus excluding most monocots. Be aware of the bracts (involucral leaves) of Asteraceae flowerheads, do not qualify these as sepals! Be also aware in Rosaceae is often an epicalyx developed, in this case count all parts. | 2 (i) example: Papaveraceae inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 2 3 (i) example: Baldellia, Alisma inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 3 4 (i) example: Sinapis inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 4 5 (i) example: Polemonium inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 5
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Petal / Tepal number: (i)Number of petal leaves (inner perianth leaves, usually coloured). | 4 (i) example: Galium inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 4 5 (i) example: Potentilla inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 5
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Petal / Tepal fusion: (i)To which degree are the petal leaves connected? Petals sympetalous. | fused at base (i)petal leaves with a joint base, but fused over not more than 50% of the entire length example: Myosotis, Pedicularis, Cortusa inherited by genus Pedicularis: fused at base fused (i)petal leaves united, only tips are free (gamopetalous, sympetalous) example: Linnaea, Adenophora, Stellera inherited by family Orobanchaceae: fused
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Stamen number: (i)Attention: We ask for the reproductive organs of the flower dispersing pollen. Count only fully fertile stamens, not staminodia (e.g. Parnassia). | 4 (i)Extremely rare, may be absent example: Plantago inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 4 5 (i) example: Peucedanum inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 5
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Style number: (i)Portion of the pistil connecting the stigma to the ovary. | 1 inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 1
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Stigma number per style: (i)Number of stigmas per style. | 1 (i)One stigma, sessile or with a developed style inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 1 2 (i)Two stigmas, resulting from two fused carpels with or without developed style inherited by family Orobanchaceae: 2
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Ovary position: (i)For entirely or partly fused carpels, describe their position in relation to the insertion point of perianth leaves (best done by doing a longitudinal section of a flower). | superior (hypogynous) (i)Base of carpels attached above insertion point of perianth leaves, carpels free or fused example: Delphinium, Anemone inherited by family Orobanchaceae: superior (hypogynous)
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Sex: (i)Distribution of male and female organs among flowers, only most commonly cases. | bisexual, hermaphrodite (i)All or nearly all flowers of a plant with male and female parts example: Haplophyllum, Chenopodium inherited by family Orobanchaceae: bisexual, hermaphrodite
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Inflorescence (i)flowering part of a plant, describes the arrangement of the flowers on the flowering axis | |
Inflorescence: (i)Structure of the inflorescence. | Flowers in inflorescence (i)No solitary flowers inherited by family Orobanchaceae: Flowers in inflorescence
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Appearance: (i)Outer look of the inflorescence. | terminal (i)Inflorescence is the highest point of the plant and may consist of a single flower only example: Cypripedium, Rhaponticum, Ligularia sibirica, Echinops inherited by family Orobanchaceae: terminal
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Inflorescence type: (i)Types of inflorescence. Attention: We here ask for the botanical nomenclature of inflorescences, which is sufficiently complicated. Tick only, if you are certain, or tick all inflorescence types that appear similar of these of the plant in question. | spike (spadix) (i)All flowers sessile and crowded along a main axis, there may be several spikes on a shoot; sometimes axis thickened (spadix) example: Plantago, Carex vesicaria, Vicia, Typha (spadix) inherited by family Orobanchaceae: spike (spadix) raceme (i)Stalked flowers arranged along a simple main axis, often one by one in the axils of leaves, maturing from bottom upwards example: Aconitum barbatum inherited by family Orobanchaceae: raceme
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Fruit (i)the seed bearing organ, with or without adnate parts; a ripened ovary and any other structures which are attached and ripen with it. Aggregate fruits are handled like simple fruits for determination. | |
Consistency: (i)Fleshy fruits or dry fruits, see dispersal adaptations for further classification. | dry (i)With a dry outer shell, no fleshy parts, but seed (embryo) could be edible inherited by family Orobanchaceae: dry
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Type of fruit: (i)Common fruit types (including pseudocarp). | Solitary fruits (i) inherited by family Orobanchaceae: Solitary fruits capsule (i)Dry dehiscent fruit, releasing seeds by slits or holes. example: Poppy, most Caryophyllaceae, Cerastium, a lot of Scrophulariaceae, Iris (oppened capsule looks like Delphinium), Zygophyllum - it is a very common fruit type inherited by family Orobanchaceae: capsule Dehiscent fruits (i)Fruits open along a longitudinale line (except silicula) inherited by family Orobanchaceae: Dehiscent fruits
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Root / shoot below ground (i)plant part below ground (in most cases), including below ground shoots, without leaves | |
Root type: (i)Organisation of the roots. | allorhizous (i)Plant with a conspicuous tap root, one larger tap root with side roots example: Dicotyledonae inherited by order Lamiales: allorhizous
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Distribution (i)region where the plant is likely to be found | |
Distribution (Veg. Zones): (i)acc. to Grubov 1952 | Khubsgul (i)In distribution data often named as '1' Khangai (i)In distribution data often named as '3' Mongolian Altai (i)In distribution data often named as '7' Gobi-Altai (i)In distribution data often named as '13' Dzungarian Gobi (i)In distribution data often named as '14'
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Distribution Khangay: (i)acc. Flora Khangaya 1989 | I II III V VI
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Plant Status | |
Endemism: | subendemit: Russian Altai
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