Chaetacme

Chaetacme est monotypicum plantarum florentium genus familiae Ulmacearum, unam speciem, Chaetacmen aristatam, continens. Anglice appellatur thorny elm^[1]; lingua Gikuyu, muyuyu.^[2] Ea est in Africa orientali occidentalique et Madagascaria endemica.^[3]

Plantae — Magnoliophyta

Classis : Magnoliopsida
Ordo : Rosales
Familia : Ulmaceae
Genus : Chaetacme
Species : C. aristata

Chaetacme aristata
Planch.

Synonyma

Chaetacme microcarpa

Planta est frutex vel parva arbor, quae ad 10 m alta crescit. Cui sunt rami demissi angularesque, spinis ad 3.5 cm longis obtecti. Folia sunt lanceolata, ad 11 cm longa et 5 cm lata, apice acuta, marginibus laevibus vel serratis. Frutex est dioecius et sexu dimorphicus, floribus maribus femineisque in singulis plantis latis.^[3]^[4]

Planta est hostis Volumni chaetacme, hemipteri familiae Miridarum.^[5]

Spinosi plantae rami ut saepes in vicis Africanis adhibentur.^[2]^[6]

Notae

↑ Trees & Shrubs of East Africa. Safari Patrol
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 FAO Glossary
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 JSTOR Plant Science.
↑ Arusha Region. The management and ecology of Tanzanian forests
↑ Linnavuori, R. (1996). Taxonomic studies of the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Africa and the Middle East. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 40 321-50.
↑ Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.

[1] Trees & Shrubs of East Africa. Safari Patrol

[fao-2] 2.0 ^2.1 FAO Glossary

[jstor-3] 3.0 ^3.1 JSTOR Plant Science.

[4] Arusha Region. The management and ecology of Tanzanian forests

[5] Linnavuori, R. (1996). Taxonomic studies of the Miridae (Heteroptera) of Africa and the Middle East. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Biologica 40 321-50.

[6] Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.

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