Biology:Ornithoglossum

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Ornithoglossum
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Ornithoglossum vulgare
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Ornithoglossum
Salisb.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Lichtensteinia Willd.
  • Cymation Spreng.
  • Cymatium Spreng.

Ornithoglossum is a genus of plants native to southern Africa, some of which are widely cultivated as ornamentals. Nine species are currently recognized, as of April 2014:[1][2]

  • Ornithoglossum calcicola K.Krause & Dinter - Namibia
  • Ornithoglossum dinteri K.Krause - Namibia, South Africa
  • Ornithoglossum gracile B.Nord. - Cape Province
  • Ornithoglossum parviflorum B.Nord. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Ornithoglossum pulchrum Snijman, B.Nord. & Mannh. - Namibia
  • Ornithoglossum undulatum Sweet - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Ornithoglossum viride (L.f.) Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton - Cape Province
  • Ornithoglossum vulgare B.Nord. - Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
  • Ornithoglossum zeyheri (Baker) B.Nord. - Cape Province

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ornithoglossum
  2. Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1806. Paradisus Londonensis : or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the Vicinity of the Metropolis, t. 54. Ornithoglossum

Wikidata ☰ Q5399625 entry