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MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GROUNDCOVER SELLIERA RADICANS COLLECTED IN CHILE IN DIFFERENT LATITUDES
Article number
1097_33
Pages
257 – 262
Language
English
Abstract
Selliera radicans Cav. has several interesting features for use in ornamental
horticulture mainly as a lawn, around pools or wetlands, and as an alternative in green
roofs and vertical gardens.
It tolerates light frosts, flooding, and saline water.
As a lawn
it does not require to be mowed due to its growth habit, since it does not go over 5 cm
in height.
It is a perennial plant with creeping stems which hold adventitious roots in
the nodes.
Leaves are succulent, alternate, dark to yellowish green, shiny and up to 4
cm in length.
The upper part of the flowers is white with blue or pink lines.
Flowers are
solitary, zygomorphic and have 5 petals.
This species belongs to the Goodeniaceae
family and is native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
In Chile it is found in wet
areas in contact with the sea.
In search of morphologic variability, plants were collected
from 9 different places along latitudes 27°59S to 42°40S and planted in Talca.
Onenode
stolon pieces were taken from the plants were planted in different containers.
The
new growth was characterized by describing and measuring the foliage (leaf blade
shape, width, length and thickness), stolon (internode length and stolon thickness),
inflorescence (petal number, corolla angle and flower diameter), fruits (number of seeds
per fruit), and flowering period.
A statistical analysis was carried out to detect
differences among accessions.
horticulture mainly as a lawn, around pools or wetlands, and as an alternative in green
roofs and vertical gardens.
It tolerates light frosts, flooding, and saline water.
As a lawn
it does not require to be mowed due to its growth habit, since it does not go over 5 cm
in height.
It is a perennial plant with creeping stems which hold adventitious roots in
the nodes.
Leaves are succulent, alternate, dark to yellowish green, shiny and up to 4
cm in length.
The upper part of the flowers is white with blue or pink lines.
Flowers are
solitary, zygomorphic and have 5 petals.
This species belongs to the Goodeniaceae
family and is native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
In Chile it is found in wet
areas in contact with the sea.
In search of morphologic variability, plants were collected
from 9 different places along latitudes 27°59S to 42°40S and planted in Talca.
Onenode
stolon pieces were taken from the plants were planted in different containers.
The
new growth was characterized by describing and measuring the foliage (leaf blade
shape, width, length and thickness), stolon (internode length and stolon thickness),
inflorescence (petal number, corolla angle and flower diameter), fruits (number of seeds
per fruit), and flowering period.
A statistical analysis was carried out to detect
differences among accessions.
Publication
Authors
N. Meza, F. Schiappacasse, P. Peñailillo, A.K. Vidal
Keywords
genetic resources, salt marsh, creeping stem, Goodeniaceae, variability
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