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Cymbalaria microcalyx


Cymbalaria microcalyx
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Copyright: Mehmet Hamurkaroglu (Hamurkaroglu) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 198 W: 17 N: 62] (2887)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-24
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ20
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-03-30 4:51
Viewed: 591
Points: 4
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Scrophulariaceae - Siracaotgiller

Cymbalaria
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Cymbalaria


Cymbalaria muralis (Ivy-leaved toadflax)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Lamiales

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Genus: Cymbalaria
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Species
About 10 species, including:
Cymbalaria aequitriloba
Cymbalaria hepaticifolia
Cymbalaria longipes
Cymbalaria microcalyx
Cymbalaria muelleri
Cymbalaria muralis
Cymbalaria pallida
Cymbalaria pilosa

Cymbalaria is a genus of about 10 species of herbaceous perennial plants previously treated in the family Scrophulariaceae, but recently shown by genetic research to be in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae.

The genus is native to southern Europe. It is closely related to the genera Linaria and Antirrhinum, differing in having creeping growth and flowers borne singly rather than in dense erect spikes. The common name toadflax is shared with Linaria and other related genera. The scientific name means "resembling a cymbal" for the somewhat rounded leaves.

By far the best known species is Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis), native to southwest Europe. It has widely naturalised elsewhere and is most well known in English-speaking countries as Kenilworth Ivy.

It characteristically grows in sheltered crevices in walls and pathways, or in rocks and scree, making a trailing or scrambling plant up to 1 m long. Its small (1/4") pale purple flowers, often with two areas of yellow near the centre, are somewhat orchid-like in form. The various species differ in subtle details of leaf shape and flower colour; the flowers of one are pure white with a yellow centre and occasionally several species can be found growing together.
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Merhaba Mehmet Bey.
Türkiyede 2 tane Cymbalaria türü yetişiyor. Biri kuzeyde biri de güneyde. Kuzeydeki muralis türü güneydeki ise microcalyx türü. Ben muralis'i birkaç gün önce yollamıştım. Açıkçası sizin gönderdiğiniz türü hiç görmemiştim, merak da ediyordum, bu fotoğraf çok hoşuma gitti. Bu arada ben hiç bir kaynakta bu bitkinin Türkçe adını bulamadım. Flora of Turkey, Türkçe Bitki Adları Sözlüğü, Farmasötik Botanik kitabım, internet hatta Uludağ Ünversitesi Fen Fakültesi Botanik ABD kitaplığını bile aradım ama maalesef bulamadım. Buna ingilizler "kenilworth ivy" diyor. Onu da tercüme edemedim. Siz bulabildiniz mi Türkçe adını?
Selamlar

Hi Mehmet,
great capture! looks like an orchid.
Czaldy

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