Magdalenaea
| Magdalenaea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Magdalenaea Brade |
| Species: | M. limae
|
| Binomial name | |
| Magdalenaea limae Brade
| |
Magdalenaea is a monotypic genus of perennial flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. The only species is Magdalenaea limae.[1]
Its native range is Southeastern Brazil, found in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus and species were first described by German botanist Alexander Curt Brade in 1935.[2]
Description
The habit of the particular species, Magdalenaea limae, takes form of a perennial subshrub or shrub[1]. The stems are erect, rigid and branched.
The pale-green leaves are oppositely-arranged, subsessile, ovate and acute in shape. Leaves are usually thick, 2 to 3.5 centimeters long and 1.2 to 2.2 centimeters wide. Both sides are glabrous. Leaf margin is obscurely few-toothed.
Flowers form terminal axillary racemes. Flower bracts are smaller than leaves, yet similar. Pedicels are singular, erect when open, measuring 2.5 to 3 centimeters long each. Flower bracteoles are oppositely-arranged and lanceolate and 0.5 centimeters long, 1-1.5 millimeters wide. The calyx is green, spherical and are both smooth and glabrous. The calyx is twice as long as the flower's corolla at about 5 centimeters long.
The fruit is a spherical capsule, shortly acute, measured to be 1.5 centimeters wide and 1.7 centimeters long. The fruit bears multiple seeds, which are brown in color and have a brown testa (seed coat).[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Magdalenaea Brade | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "Brade, Alexander Curt | IPNI (2025). International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Herbarium". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2025-11-28.
- ^ Instituto de Biologia Vegetal; Vegetal, Instituto de Biologia (1990). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal. BR: JBRJ. pp. 235–236. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.115964.