Asphodeline
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Asphodeline | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Asphodeline lutea | |
Scientific classification  |
|
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Asphodeline Rchb.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Asphodeline lutea [1] |
|
 |
To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, the introduction of this article may need to be rewritten. Please discuss this issue on the talk page and read the layout guide to make sure the section will be inclusive of all essential details. (June 2009) |
Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae.[2] From the Mediterranean, it has fleshy roots and fragrant, starry flowers that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4 ft in well-drained soil. Its foliage is blue-green and grassy, with tall, narrow flower spikes. It takes at least three years before newly-planted seedlings flower. The yellow flowers always make an interesting addition to the late-spring garden. The individual flowers on the spikes open in a seemingly random order, and do not last long, being replaced quickly by other flowers.
[edit] Species
- A brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker
- A damascena (Boiss.) Baker
- A liburnica (Scop.) Rchb.
- A lutea (L.) Rchb.
- A taurica (Pall.) Endl.
- List source :[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b The genus Asphodeline was coined by the botanist Ludwig Reichenbach, and originally published in Flora Germanica Excursoria 116. 1830. The type species, described therein from a lectotype, is A. lutea.
"Name - Asphodeline Rchb.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020907. Retrieved August 6, 2010. - ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Asphodeloideae, http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Asphodelaceae
- ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Asphodeline". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1052. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
 |
This monocot-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
