Acinos

Acinos

Taxobox
name = "Acinos"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Acinos arvensis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Acinos" L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Acinos" is a genus of ten species of annual and short-lived evergreen perennial woody plants native to southern Europe and western Asia. Its name comes from the Greek word "akinos", the name of a small aromatic plant. They are small, tufted, bushy or spreading plants growing to 10-45 cm tall. The 2-lipped, tubular flowers are borne on erect sprikes in mid-summer.

;Selected species
*"Acinos alpinus"
*"Acinos arvensis"
*"Acinos corsicus"
*"Acinos rotundifolius"
*"Acinos suaveolens"

Cultivation

Mostly quite frost hardy, they will grow in poor soil as long as it is well drained (they do not like wet conditions) and need full sun. Propagate from seed or cuttings in spring.

"Acinos arvensis" is recorded as a food plant for the larva of the moth "Coleophora tricolor".

External links

* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Acinos&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Acinos"]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Acinos — Acinos …   Wikipédia en Français

  • acinos — ACINÓS, OÁSĂ, acinoşi, oase, adj. Care prezintă acine; care are forma unei boabe de strugure. – Din fr. acineux. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  acinós adj. m., pl. acinóşi; f. sg. acinoásă, pl …   Dicționar Român

  • Acinös — (v. lat.), 1) mit vielen Beeren; 2) traubenförmig; daher Acinöse Drüsen, so v.w. traubenförmige Drüsen, bei denen eine größere Anzahl haufenweis zusammenliegender Drüsenbläschen (Acini, s.d. 2) so mit einander verschmelzen, daß von jedem… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Acĭnos — (A. Mönch.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Labiatae Satureineae Melissinae, 1. Ordn. der Didynamic L., deutlich zweilappig, sonst wie Satureja. Arten: A. thymoides (Calamintha a. Clairv.); A. alpinus (Cal. alpina Lam.), deutsche… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • ácinos — cualquiera de los lóbulos de una glándula compuesta. Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 …   Diccionario médico

  • Acinos —   Acinos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Acinos — Acinos …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Acinos — Steinquendel Alpen Steinquendel (Acinos alpinus) Systematik Unterklasse: Asternähnliche (Asteridae) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Acinos — noun plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha • Syn: ↑genus Acinos • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Acinos — ID 1026 Symbol Key ACINO Common Name acinos Family Lamiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, ID, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY Growth Habit N …   USDA Plant Characteristics

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”