Biology:Proiphys amboinensis
| Cardwell lily | |
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| In Cooktown, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amaryllidoideae |
| Genus: | Proiphys |
| Species: | P. amboinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Proiphys amboinensis | |
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Proiphys amboinensis is the type species of the flowering plant genus Proiphys.[4]: 363 Its common names include Cardwell lily[5] and northern Christmas lily (as it usually flowers around Christmas). It is considered native to Thailand, Indonesia (Maluku, Sulawesi, Bali, Lombok, Timor), the Philippines, the Bismark Archipelago, Vanuatu, New Guinea and Australia (Queensland and Western Australia).[6] It is also naturalized in Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Solomon Islands, Niue, Society Islands, Caroline Islands and Mariana Islands.[1][7]
Taxonomy
Its species epithet amboinensis was named after the island of Ambonia, now Ambon in Indonesia.[2]
Description
The Caldwell lily grows on seashores and rocky places up to an altitude of 500 metres.[4]: 366 It prefers open, lightly shaded rainforests.[8] It grows from a bulb measuring up to 8 centimetres in diameter;[9] it grows quickly after the arrival of the wet season in Australia.[8] [9] The leaves die away in the dry season.
Umbel
A total of 5–25 white flowers grow in an umbel on stalks over between 15 and 90 cm long,[4]: 366 each flower is trumpet shaped and release a pleasant scent with filaments 2–3 mm long.[9] Flowering in Australia typically begins in late December while flowering season in India is from May to June.
Fruit produced from pollination are green to blackish capsules 25–30 mm across.[10][11][9]
Cultivation and uses
It is a good container plant that needs much water in the growing season. Propagate from seed or lift the bulb.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Proiphys amboinensis" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/66645-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Linnaeus, Carl von (1753). Species Plantarum. 1. p. 291. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358310#page/303/mode/1up.
- ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel (1833). Stemonix nervosus=. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Atlantic Journal, and Friend of Knowledge. p. 165.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Geernick, D. J. L. (1993). "Amaryllidaceae". Flora Malesiana 11 (2): 353–373. https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/532603.
- ↑ "Proiphys amboinensis". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/proiphys_amboinensis.htm.
- ↑ Mullins, Effie (2012). "The genus Proiphys". Australian National Botanic Gardens and Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp14/proiphys-genus.html.
- ↑ Fay, Michael F.; Chase, Mark W. (1996). "Resurrection of Themidaceae for the Brodiaea alliance, and Recircumscription of Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Agapanthoideae". Taxon 45 (3): 441–451. doi:10.2307/1224136.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Scarth-Johnson, Vera (2000). National Treasures: Flowering Plants of Cooktown and Northern Australia. Vera Scarth-Johnson Gallery Association. ISBN 0-646-39726-5.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Proiphys amboinensis (L.) Herb.". National Research Infrastructure of Australia. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:306345.
- ↑ Beasley, John. 2006. Plants of Tropical North Queensland: the Compact Guide. Footloose Publications, Kuranda. ISBN 1-876617-13-6.
- ↑ Herbert, William. 1821. Appendix 42, Proiphys amboinensis
Wikidata ☰ Q3027673 entry
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