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Sagina micropetala RAUSCHERT |
Fam.: Caryophyllaceae / Campion Fam. |
Synon.: Sagina apetala ARD. subsp. erecta (HORNEM.) F.HERM. |
Genus: Sagina L. |
Authors: | |||
Stephan Rauschert (1931 - 1986), German botanist | |||
Pietro Arduino (1728 - 1805), Italian botanist | |||
Jens Wilken Hornemann (1770 - 1841), Danish botanist | |||
Friedrich Hermann (1873 - 1967), German botanist | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Etymology: | |||
Sagina: | sagina = feeding | ||
micropetala: | small petals | ||
apetala: | without petals | ||
erecta: | erect | ||
Sagina micropetala is one of three Sagina species without or with reduced petals, which occur in big parts of Europe. Sagina micropetala differs from the more common Sagina procumbens in that it grows erect. Sagina micropetala differs from the similar Sagina apetala, at which the sepals are attached to the capsule, by the sepals which are protruding, and are slightly different in pairs: The two inner sepals are somewhat narrower than the two outer ones, are hood-like at the outside, and also carry a small protruding tip initially, which, however, seems to fall off relatively easily. Also at fruiting Sagina procumbens the petals are protruding, but there all four are alike. The awns at the tips of the rather short leaves of Sagina micropetala are longer than half the leaf width, however, these awns seem to fall off relatively easily at all three species. | ||
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