Biology:Bessera elegans

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Bessera elegans
Bessera elegans
1839 (Artist: Sarah Ann Drake)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Bessera
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bessera elegans
Schult.f. 1829[2]
Synonyms
  • Pharium elegans (Schult.f.) Steud., 1841[3]
  • Bessera fistulosa (Herb.) Pritz., 1854[4]
  • Bessera herbertii G.Don in R.Sweet, 1839[5]
  • Bessera miniata Lem. in L.B.Van Houtte, 1848[6]
  • Bessera multiflora M.Martens & Galeotti, 1842[7]
  • Pharium fistulosum Herb., 1832[8]
  • Pharium herbertii (G.Don) Steud., 1841[3]

Bessera elegans, also known by the common name coral drops, is a cormous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, from Mexico.[9]

Description

  • Height: Up to 70 cm.[9]
  • Flowers: Umbels of pendant, showy scarlet-and-white coloured flowers.[9]
  • Leaves: Attenuated, erect leaves.[9]

Distribution

Native to central and southern Mexico, B. elegans is also cultivated as an ornamental.[9]

  • B. elegans growing in the alpine house at RHS Garden, Wisley in Surrey, England .
    B. elegans growing in the alpine house at RHS Garden, Wisley in Surrey, England .
  • B. elegans inflorescence.
    B. elegans inflorescence.
  • B. elegans flower detail.
    B. elegans flower detail.

References

  1. ↑ Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 34 (1839). sulivanica
  2. ↑ Schult. f. Linnaea 4: 121 1829
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 316. 1841
  4. ↑ Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index: 147. 1854
  5. ↑ R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 694. 1839
  6. ↑ L.B.Van Houtte, Fl. Serres 4: t. 424. 1848
  7. ↑ M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 14. 1842
  8. ↑ Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1546. 1832
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Rhs.org.uk. (2020). Bessera elegans | RHS Gardening. [online] Available at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/24712/Bessera-elegans/Details [Accessed 16 Feb. 2020].

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