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Watsonieae
Watsonieae is the second largest tribe in the subfamily Crocoideae (which is included in the family Iridaceae) and named after the best-known genus in it — '' Watsonia''. The members in this group are widely distributed in Africa, mainly in its southern parts. They sometimes have the typical sword-shaped leaves of the family Iridaceae, but sometimes, like in '' Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' or ''Lapeirousia divaricata'', they are very specific. The rootstock is a corm. The blooms are collected in inflorescence and sometimes have scent. They have six tepals which are identical in the most cases but sometimes has small differences. The ovary is 3-locular. Most of these plants are not among the popular ornamental flowers. '' Watsonia'' is often used with this purpose, but the other genera are not very well known. However, they have many ornamental traits. List of genera Genera: * ''Cyanixia'' * ''Lapeirousia'' * ''Micranthus'' * ''Pillansia'' * ''Savannosiphon'' * ''Thereianthus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocoideae
Crocoideae is one of the major subfamilies in the family Iridaceae. It contains plants which are widely distributed in the Old World, mainly in Africa, but there are species like some members of the genera ''Romulea'' and ''Gladiolus'' which are native to Europe and Asia. Some examples are ''Romulea bulbocodium'', ''Romulea columnae'' and ''Gladiolus italicus''. Like the rest of Iridaceae, the members of the subfamily have the typical sword-shaped leaves. The rootstock is usually a corm. The blooms which sometimes have scent are collected in inflorescence and contain six tepals. The nectar is produced mostly in the base of the bloom from the glands of the ovary, which is where the flower forms a tube-like end. In some species there is no such end and the plant only provides pollen to pollinating insects. The ovary is 3-locular and many-seeded, the appearance of the testa varying widely between the different genera: sometimes fine and delicate, as in the case of ''Gladiolus'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watsonia Tabularis
Watsonia can refer to: * ''Watsonia'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails in the family Caecidae * ''Watsonia'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants in the iris family * ''Watsonia'' (journal), now the ''New Journal of Botany'' * Watsonia, Victoria Watsonia is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Banyule local government area. Watsonia recorded a population of 5,352 at the . History Watsonia ..., a suburb of Melbourne, Australia {{disambiguation Genus disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thereianthus
''Thereianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1941. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2011). Taxonomic revision of the genus ''Thereianthus'' (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 41: 239-267. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ''thereios'', meaning "summer", and ''anthos'', meaning "flower". ;Species * '' Thereianthus bracteolatus'' ( Lam.) G.J.Lewis * '' Thereianthus bulbiferus'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning * '' Thereianthus elandsmontanus'' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning * '' Thereianthus intermedius'' J.C.Manning & Goldblatt * '' Thereianthus ixioides'' G.J.Lewis * '' Thereianthus juncifolius'' (Baker) G.J.Lewis * '' Thereianthus longicollis'' (Schltr. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannosiphon
''Savannosiphon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a new species in 1980. It contains only one known species, ''Savannosiphon euryphylla'', native to tropical Africa (Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe).Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise. The genus name, derived from the word savanna and the Greek word ''siphon'' (meaning "tube") alludes to its habitat and the structure of its perianth The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla ( petals) or tepals when ... tube. References Iridaceae Monotypic Iridaceae genera Flora of Africa {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pillansia
''Pillansia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1914. It contains only one known species, ''Pillansia templemannii'', endemic to Cape Province in South Africa.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. The genus name is a tribute to the South African botanist Neville Stuart Pillans, who brought the species to the attention of Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus '' née'' Kensit (31 July 1877, Burgersdorp – 5 April 1970, Cape Town) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, and the longtime curator of the Bolus Herbarium, from 1903. Bolus also has the legacy of auth .... References Iridaceae Monotypic Iridaceae genera Endemic flora of South Africa Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker Taxa named by Louisa Bolus {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micranthus
''Micranthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The entire genus is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ... words ''micro'', meaning "small", and ''anthos'', meaning "flower". ; Species * '' Micranthus alopecuroides'' (L.) Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 43 (1827) * '' Micranthus plantagineus'' Eckl., Topogr. Verz. Pflanzensamml. Ecklon: 43 (1827) * '' Micranthus tubulosus'' (Burm.f.) N.E.Br., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1929: 133 (1929) References Iridaceae genera Flora of South Africa Iridaceae {{Iridaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeirousia
''Lapeirousia'' is a genus in the plant family Iridaceae. It is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, about a third of the species occurring in fynbos. Origin of the generic name The genus ''Lapeirousia'' was described by Pierre André Pourret in Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3 : 79 (1788); Bak. In FC. 6 : 88 (1896) in part; Goldblatt in Contrib. Bol. Herb. 4 : 1 (1972); Sölch & Roessl. in FSWA. 155 : 6 (1969). Chasmatocallis Foster in Contrib. Gray Herb. 127 : 40 (1939).Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. , 1975 He named the genus in honour of his friend, the botanist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse. The inconsistent spellings of that name no doubt led to the original genus name being spelt "Lapeirousia" and contributed to various subsequent misspellings of the genus in various reference sources, notably "Lapeyrousia".Chittenden, Fred J. Ed., Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Oxford 1951 There also has been confusion leading to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyanixia
''Cyanixia'' is a genus of plants in the Iridaceae, first described in 2003. It contains only one known species, ''Cyanixia socotrana'', a perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plant species endemic to the Island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, part of the Republic of Yemen.Goldblatt, J. C. Manning, J. Davies, V. Savolainen and S. Rezai (2003)''Cyanixia'', a new genus for the Socotran endemic ''Babiana socotrana'' (Iridaceae–Crocoideae).Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 60, pp 517-532 The genus name is derived from Greek words ''Ixia'', referring to the radially symmetrical flowers in the genus of that name, as well as ''cyanos'', meaning "blue". The species was for many years considered a member of the South African genus ''Babiana ''Babiana'' ()''Sunset Western Garden Book'', 1995:606–607 is a genus of geophytes in the family Iridaceae with 93 recognized species . The leaves consist of a stalk and a blade that are at an angle to each other. The leaf blades are entire, la ...'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corm
A corm, bulbo-tuber, or bulbotuber is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ that some plants use to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (perennation). The word ''cormous'' usually means plants that grow from corms, parallel to the terms ''tuberous'' and ''bulbous'' to describe plants growing from tubers and bulbs. Structure A corm consists of one or more internodes with at least one growing point, generally with protective leaves modified into skins or tunics. The tunic of a corm forms from dead petiole sheaths—remnants of leaves produced in previous years. They act as a covering, protecting the corm from insects, digging animals, flooding, and water loss. The tunics of some species are thin, dry, and papery, at least in young plants, however, in some families, such as ''Iridaceae'', the tunic of a mature corm can be formidable protection. For example, some of the larger species of '' Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeirousia Divaricata
''Lapeirousia'' is a genus in the plant family Iridaceae. It is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, about a third of the species occurring in fynbos. Origin of the generic name The genus ''Lapeirousia'' was described by Pierre André Pourret in Mém. Acad. Sci. Toulouse 3 : 79 (1788); Bak. In FC. 6 : 88 (1896) in part; Goldblatt in Contrib. Bol. Herb. 4 : 1 (1972); Sölch & Roessl. in FSWA. 155 : 6 (1969). Chasmatocallis Foster in Contrib. Gray Herb. 127 : 40 (1939).Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. , 1975 He named the genus in honour of his friend, the botanist Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse. The inconsistent spellings of that name no doubt led to the original genus name being spelt "Lapeirousia" and contributed to various subsequent misspellings of the genus in various reference sources, notably "Lapeyrousia".Chittenden, Fred J. Ed., Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, Oxford 1951 There also has been confusion leading to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lapeirousia Pyramidalis
''Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' is a species of geophyte in the genus '' Lapeirousia''. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is also known as the ''Pyramid Kabong''. Distribution ''Lapeirousia pyramidalis subsp. pyramidalis'' is found in the Northern Cape and Western Cape . ''Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' subsp. ''regalis ''is found in a small area in the Western Cape. Subspecies There are 2 infraspecific named subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ... of ''pyramidalis'': * ''Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' subsp. ''pyramidalis'' (Lam.) Goldblatt - known as the pale pyramid kabong * ''Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' subsp. ''regalis '' Goldblatt & J.C.Manning - known as the purple pyramid kabong Conservation status ''Lapeirousia pyramidalis'' is class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
