Biology:Eriospermum

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Eriospermum
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Eriospermum
Jacq. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Loncodilis Raf.
  • Phylloglottis Salisb.
  • Thaumaza Salisb.

Eriospermum is a genus of tuberous flowering plants. It contains about 80-100 species, native to sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Name

The name "Eriospermum" is from the Greek erion for "wool" and sperma for "seed". In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[1] It was formerly placed in its own family, Eriospermaceae.

Selected species

Sources:[3][4][5]

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L.; Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Perry, P.L. (1984) Ten new species of Eriospermum from the Western Cape. Journal of South African Botany 50: 503-534.
  4. Perry, P.L. (1989) Ten more new species of Eriospermum from the Western Cape. Journal of South African Botany 55: 83-102.
  5. Perry, P.L. (1994) A Revision of the Genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, 1: 1-320.

Wikidata ☰ Q147008 entry