Anagallis
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Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) | ||||||||||||
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Anagallis is a genus of the myrsine family Myrsinaceae, commonly called pimpernels and perhaps best known for the scarlet pimpernel referred to in literature. They used to belong to the primrose family (Primulaceae), but a study of M. Källersjö et aL (1999) (see : reference) showed clearly that they belong to the myrsine family.
These are annual or perennial plants, growing in tufts on weedy and uncultivated areas. The stems are prostrate with ovate to cordate leaves. The flowers of the different species show miscellaneous colors. They are radially symmetrical with 5 petals. They grow usually in the leaf axils, but sometimes as short spikes at the top of the stem. Pimpernel flowers remain open only in sunshine.
Species
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- Anagallis aberdarica : (Kenya)
- Anagallis acuminata : (Angola)
- Anagallis alba : (East Asia)
- Anagallis alternifolia : (Chile)
- Anagallis alternifolia var. angustifolia : (Chile)
- Anagallis alternifolia f. erecta : (Brazil)
- Anagallis alternifolia var. genuina : (Chile)
- Anagallis alternifolia f. laxa : (Chile)
- Anagallis alternifolia var. minor : (Chile)
- Anagallis alternifolia var. parvula : (Brazil)
- Anagallis alternifolia var. tenelliformis : (South America)
- Anagallis amplexicaulis : (Uruguay)
- Anagallis arabica : (Arabian peninsula)
- Anagallis arvensis : Scarlet Pimpernel, Red Pimpernel, Shepherd's Clock, Bird's-tongue, Red Chickweed (Europe)
- Anagallis arvensis ssp. arvensis
- Anagallis arvensis var. caerulea
- Anagallis arvensis var. phoenicea
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- Anagallis associata : (France)
- Anagallis baumii : (tropical Africa)
- Anagallis bella : (East Africa)
- Anagallis brevipes : (Tanzania)
- Anagallis caerulea : (France)
- Anagallis capensis : (South Africa)
- Anagallis centunculus
- Anagallis churiensis : (Kenya)
- Anagallis crassifolia : (Spain, Morocco)
- Anagallis deccanensis : (India)
- Anagallis djalonis : (tropical Africa)
- Anagallis doerfieri : (Austria)
- Anagallis ellenbeckii : (tropical Africa)
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- Anagallis filifolia : (tropical Africa)
- Anagallis filiformis : (Brazil)
- Anagallis foemina : Blue Pimpernel, Poorman's Weatherglass)
- Anagallis gmelini : (Siberia)
- Anagallis gracilipes : (Zimbabwe)
- Anagallis granvikii : (Uganda)
- Anagallis hanningtonii : (tropical Africa)
- Anagallis hexamera : (Ethiopia, Kenya)
- Anagallis hispanica : (Europe)
- Anagallis huerneri : (Congo)
- Anagallis huttoni : (South Africa)
- Anagallis iraruensis : (Kenya)
- Anagallis joannis : (Spain)
- Anagallis keniensis : (Kenya)
- Anagallis kigesiensis : (Uganda)
- Anagallis kilimandscharica : (tropical Africa)
- Anagallis kingaensis : (tropical Africa)
- Anagallis kochii : (Angola)
- Anagallis linifolia : (Europe)
- Anagallis longicaulis : (Europe)
- Anagallis lusitanica : (Portugal)
- Anagallis micrantha : (Kenya)
- Anagallis minima : Chaffweed (Germany)
- Anagallis monelli (= synonym of Anagallis linifolia) : Flaxleaf Pimpernel
- Anagallis myrtifolia : (Chile)
- Anagallis nana : (South Africa)
- Anagallis nummularifolia : (Madagascar)
- Anagallis nummulariifolia var. humbertii : (Madagascar)
- Anagallis oligantha : (Tanzania)
- Anagallis parviflora : (Portugal)
- Anagallis peploides : (Madagascar)
- Anagallis phoenicea
- Anagallis platyphylla : (Algeria)
- Anagallis pulchella : (Angola)
- Anagallis pumila : Florida Pimpernel
- Anagallis pumila var. compacta : (Brazil)
- Anagallis pumila var. distans : (South America)
- Anagallis pumila var. elongata : (Brazil)
- Anagallis quartiniana : (East Africa)
- Anagallis repens : (Algeria)
- Anagallis rhodesica : (Zimbabwe)
- Anagallis roberti : (Kenya)
- Anagallis ruandensis : (East Africa)
- Anagallis schliebenii : (Tanzania)
- Anagallis serpens : (Ethiopia)
- Anagallis spicata : (Malaysia)
- Anagallis tenella : Bog pimpernel (Europe)
- Anagallis tenella var. ascendens : (South America)
- Anagallis tenuicaulis : (Madagascar)
- Anagallis tsaratananae : (Madagascar)
- Anagallis ulugurensis : (Tanzania)
- Anagallis uruguayensis : (Uruguay)
- Anagallis willkommii : (Spain)
Reference
Källersjö, M., G. Bergqvist & A. A. Anderberg. 2000. Generic realignment in primuloid families of the Ericales s. l.: a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA sequences from three chloroplast genes and morphology. Amer. J. Bot. 87: 1325–1341.
External links
- Section Eclectic herbal information
- Anagallis arvensis (Red Chickweed) (http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/anagallis.html) King's American Dispensatory @ Henriette's Herbal
- Pimpernel, Scarlet (Anagallis arvensis) (http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/p/pimper33.html) Mrs. Grieve's "A Modern Herbal" @ Botanical.com