Arthropodium
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Arthropodium R. Br. |
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Arthropodium is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants native to the Southern Hemisphere placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.[1]
The rhizomes of some species can be eaten as root vegetables, including A. cirratum, A. milleflorum, A. minus, and A. strictum.
A. cirratum is native to New Zealand, where it may once have been farmed. It is used for medicine as well as food, and has symbolic importance in traditional Māori culture.
- Arthropodium cirratum - rengarenga, renga lily, New Zealand rock lily, or maikaika
- Arthropodium curvipes S.Moore
- Arthropodium dyeri (Domin) Brittan
- Arthropodium fimbriatum R.Br. – see Dichopogon fimbriatus
- Arthropodium milleflorum (DC.) J.F.Macbr. - pale vanilla lily
- Arthropodium minus R.Br. - small vanilla lily
- Arthropodium paniculatum (Andrews) R.Br.
- Arthropodium pendulum DC.
- Arthropodium sp. Albury (A.D.J.Piesse 9) Vic. Herbarium
- Arthropodium sp. Mount Coot-tha (J.Conran s.n., 1983)
- Arthropodium sp. Snowy R. catchment (N.G.Walsh 6195) Vic. Herbarium
- Arthropodium sp. South-east Highlands (N.G.Walsh 811) Vic. Herbarium
- Arthropodium sp. Yenyenning (G.J. Keighery & N. Gibson 2957)
- Arthropodium strictum R.Br. - chocolate lily – see Dichopogon strictus
[edit] References
- ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ^ "Arthropodium". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Arthropodium. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do, retrieved 2011-05-25, search for "Dichopogon"
[edit] External links
- Significance of A. cirratum in Maori culture
- Plants for a Future database on A. milleflorum
- Photograph of underground parts of A. milleflorum
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