Incarvillea semiretschenskia is a rare perennial flower endemic to dry, rocky hillsides in Kazakhstan, placed on the IUCN Red List in 1997.[1][2] It was first described as Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia, the only species in the genus Niedzwedzkia. It has also been placed as the only species in Incarvillea subgenus Niedzwedzkia.
| Incarvillea semiretschenskia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Genus: | Incarvillea |
| Subgenus: | Incarvillea subg. Niedzwedzkia |
| Species: | I. semiretschenskia
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| Binomial name | |
| Incarvillea semiretschenskia (B.Fedtsch.) Grierson
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Description edit
The plant has numerous wiry upright stems growing to a height of 45 cm from a sub-shrub base. The leaves are deeply incised with linear lobes. The orange-pink tubular flowers are 6 cm long by 4 cm across. The fruits are 5 cm long and feature six very wavy wings.[3] Ploidy 2n = 22.[4]
Taxonomy edit
The species was first described by Boris Fedchenko in 1915 as Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia,[5] the only species in the genus Niedzwedzkia, named for the Russian botanist Vladislav Niedzwiecki.[6] In 1931, Grierson transferred it to Incarvillea.[7] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2005 found that Incarvillea semiretschenskia was basal to the rest of the genus Incarvillea, giving support to the placement in a separate subgenus, Incarvillea subgenus Niedzwedzkia. Unlike other species of the genus, it has winged capsules and septifragal dehiscence.[4]
Cultivation edit
The plant demands well drained dry soil in a warm position exposed to full sun; it is hardy to -15 °C.[3]
Accessions edit
Institut of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty
References edit
- ^ Walter, K. S. & Gillett, H. J. (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.
- ^ Czerepanov, S. K. (2007) Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
- ^ a b Phillips, R. & Rix, M. (1989). Perennials, Vol. 1, p. 187. Pan Books Ltd., London. ISBN 0-330-30258-2
- ^ a b Chen, S. et al. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of Incarvillea (Bignoniaceae) based on ITS and TRN L-F sequences. American Journal of Botany 92 (4): 625-633.
- ^ "Niedzwedzkia semiretschenskia B. Fedtsch". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
- ^ Fedchenko, Boris Alekseevich (1915). "Niedzwedzkia". Rastitel'n. Turkestana (in Russian and Latin). Petrograd. p. 701. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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- The New Plantsman Incarvillea semiretschenskia (Fedtsch.) Grierson Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 23:350 (1961)
- Winterholler, B. (2019). The Genus Incarvillea and mysterious Niedzwedzkia. Sankt-petersburg:SUPER-Isdatelstvo. -162 p.