Quincula
| Quincula | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
| Tribe: | Physaleae |
| Genus: | Quincula Raf. |
| Species: | Q. lobata |
| Binomial name | |
| Quincula lobata (Torr.) Raf. | |
| Synonyms | |
Quincula is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The sole species it contains, Quincula lobata, is commonly known as Chinese lantern, lobed groundcherry, or purple groundcherry.
This plant is also classified as Physalis lobata in genus Physalis.[4]
Distribution
[edit]It is native to the southwestern United States as far east as Kansas and Oklahoma, as well as northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of open, dry habitat, including disturbed areas.
Description
[edit]It is a perennial herb producing ridged, spreading stems up to half a meter long. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 7 centimetres (2.8 in) long, smooth or lobed on the edges. The flowers blooming from the leaf axils are up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide, widely bell-shaped or flat-faced with five vague, pointed lobes, not drooping like those of many Physalis species. They are purple in color, sometimes with white deep in the throats. The bell-shaped calyx of sepals at the base of the flower enlarges as the fruit develops, becoming an inflated, lanternlike structure up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long which contains the berry.
Phylogenetic studies suggest that Quincula is closely related to the small North American genus Chamaesaracha.[5]
The plant's berries have been used by the Kiowa tribe to make jam.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Martínez, M.; Vargas-Ponce, O.; González Pérez, E. (2019). "Physalis lobata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T103296305A103296313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T103296305A103296313.en. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
- ↑ "Quincula lobata". NatureServe Explorer. The Nature Conservancy.
- ↑ "Quincula lobata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
- ↑ "Physalis lobata". Calflora. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ Deanna, Rocío; Larter, Maximilian D.; Barboza, Gloria E.; Smith, Stacey D. (2019). "Repeated evolution of a morphological novelty: A phylogenetic analysis of the inflated fruiting calyx in the Physalideae tribe (Solanaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 106 (2): 270–279. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1242. hdl:11336/109233. PMID 30779447.
- ↑ Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany.
External links
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Data related to Quincula lobata at Wikispecies
- Jepson Manual eFlora treatment — formerly Quincula lobata.
- Kansas Wildflowers Archived 2009-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
- UC Photos gallery of Physalis lobata (Quincula lobata)
Media related to Quincula at Wikimedia Commons
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- Physaleae
- Monotypic Solanaceae genera
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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