Forsskaolea

Forsskaolea
	Forsskaolea angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Forsskaolea; L.
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Chamaedryfolia Dill.[1]; Caidbeja Forssk.[2]; Forsskalea[3]

Forsskaolea is a small genus of 6 species of perennial herbs in the nettle family with non-stinging hairs and dot-like concretions of mineral matter on their green parts. The genus was named in honor of Swedish botanist Peter Forsskål.[4]

Description

Leaves: The leaves have three ribs, are alternate, scalloped and with toothlike projections along the edges.
Flowers: Budding flowers are flat-topped clusters and bisexual and from the base stem, enclosed in bell shaped, densely hairy, rings of 3-6 bracts. Flowers are minute and unisexual with the female surrounded by a ring of male flowers. Male flowers have 3-5 lobed calyx and the females have none. Solitary stamen, upright wooly ovaries with no style.
Seeds: Achenes oval to elliptical, flattened, densely hairy and enveloped in wooly bracts.[2]

Distribution

Forsskaolea have found homes in the southern parts of the Palearctic from the Canary Isles and southeast Spain then eastwards to Pakistan and western India.[2]

Selected species

Forsskaolea angustifolia Retz.
Forsskaolea candida L.f.
Forsskaolea hereroensis Schinz
Forsskaolea procridifolia Webb
Forsskaolea tenacissima L.
Forsskaolea viridis Ehrenb. ex Webb[5]

References

Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskaolea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
Flora of Pakistan. "Forsskaolea Linn". Retrieved 2008-04-24.
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskalea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Forskål, Peter" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
"Forsskaolea L.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

External links

Flora of Israel Online. "Genus Forsskaolea". Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
UniProt. "Forsskaolea". Retrieved 2008-04-24.

Aluka. "Forsskaolea [family URTICACEAE]". African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

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[EUROMED-1] Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskaolea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[FoP-2] Flora of Pakistan. "Forsskaolea Linn". Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[EUROMED-typo-3] Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Forsskalea". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-04-24.

[4] Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Forskål, Peter" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

[apd-5] "Forsskaolea L.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-04-24.