Schreiteria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae. It is represented by the single species of Schreiteria macrocarpa (Speg.) Carolin. It is native to north-western Argentina.[1]
It is a perennial herb with tuberous roots.[2] The flowers are in cymes.[3] The bracts and sepals are persistent (remaining to the maturity of fruit) but the bracts are deciduous. The pollen is polyrugate (meaning that the pollen has more than one furrow,[4]). The seed capsule is up to 40 mm (2 in) long and 3 valved.[3] The seeds are compressed and irregularly papillate (covered in papilla). It has an embryo that almost encircles the perisperm.[2]
The genus name of Schreiteria is in honour of Carlos Rodolfo Schreiter (1877–1942), a German-Argentinian botanist and student of Miguel Lillo.[5] The Latin specific epithet of macrocarpa meaning with large fruit,[6] from Greek 'makros' meaning large and 'karpos' meaning fruit.[7] Both the genus and the sole species were first described and published in Parodiana Vol.3 on page 330 in 1985.[1]
The genus is recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[8]
Schreiteria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Montiaceae. It is represented by the single species of Schreiteria macrocarpa (Speg.) Carolin. It is native to north-western Argentina.
