Prestelia
| Prestelia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Vernonieae |
| Genus: | Prestelia Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eriopus Sch.Bip. ex Baker | |
Prestelia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]
It is native to south eastern Brasil.[1]
Description[edit]
It is a perennial or acaulous (having no stem) sub-shrubs with broad rootstock. It has lanulose (fine, wooly hairs), the hairs are stellate-based. It has linear leaves. It has 1 to many inflorescences, which are pedunculate (have flower stalks) and compound heads. The secondard involucre (bract around the flower) is made of about 5 subequal bracts. The individual heads are 5-10 in a cluster, sessile (without a stalk). The involucral bracts about 12 in about 2 series. It has 5-6 florets. The anthers are not tailed and the sweeping hairs are acute. Achenes (dry fruits) are about 8 costate, scattered setulae, glands and idioblasts. It has pappus bristles in 2-3 series, no squamellae.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus name of Prestelia is in honour of Michael August Friedrich Prestel (1809–1880), a German mathematician, meteorologist and cartographer. He was also professor of mathematics and natural science at a school in Emden, and director of the naturalist society in Emden.[3] It was first described and published in Gen. Pl. Vol.2 on page 236 in 1873.[1] The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[4]
Known species[edit]
According to Kew;[1]
- Prestelia eriopus Sch.Bip.
- Prestelia espeletoidea Loeuille, Semir & Pirani
- Prestelia purpurascens (Glaz. ex Oliv.) Loeuille, Semir & Pirani
Prestelia eriopus Sch. Bip. is used in Brazil as a medicinal plant.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Prestelia Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Joachim W. Kadereit and Charles Jeffrey (Editors) The Families and Genera, Vol.VIII, Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Asterales (2007), p. 162, at Google Books
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Prestelia GRIN-Global". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
- ^ Ribeiro, Victor Pena; Arruda, Caroline; El-Salam, Mohamed Abd; Bastos, Jairo Kenupp (12 April 2018). "Brazilian medicinal plants with corroborated anti-inflammatory activities: a review". Pharm Biol. 56 (1): 253–268.