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Taxonomy

Notes:

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Physical Description

Family Liliaceae:

Herbs perennial, with a rhizome, bulb, or corm, rarely shrubby or treelike. Leaves basal and/or cauline, alternate, opposite, or whorled, parallel or rarely reticulate veined. Inflorescence a raceme, panicle, spike, umbel, reduced panicle, or other, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual, actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic; bracts present or absent; bracteoles present or absent. Perianth usually corollalike, 6-merous, rarely 4- or 8-merous, in 2 whorls; segments free (tepals) or united. Stamens 6, rarely 3, 4, or 8, inserted opposite perianth segments; filaments free or adnate to perianth, rarely connate into a corona; anthers usually 2-loculed, basifixed or dorsifixed and versatile, introrse, latrorse, or extrorse, dehiscing usually by vertical slits. Carpels usually connate for most or all of their length, rarely only at base; ovary superior, rarely semi-inferior, 3-loculed, rarely 2- or 4-loculed, with axile placentae, or rarely 1-loculed with a parietal placenta; ovules usually anatropous. Nectaries septal, perigonal, or absent. Fruit a capsule or berry. Seeds with abundant endosperm and small embryo.

About 250 genera and 3500 species: worldwide, especially in temperate and subtropical regions; 57 genera (three endemic, two introduced) and 726 species (379 endemic, 11 introduced) in China.^[1]

Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white

Distribution

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Hyacinthus:

There are approximately 270 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: H. 'Nereus' · H. abortivus · H. albulus · H. amethystinus · H. amoenus · H. angustifolius · H. aporus · H. atchleyi · H. atroviolaceus · H. aucheri · H. autumnalis · H. azureus · H. battandieri · H. belgicus · H. bergeri · H. bifolius · H. boucheanus · H. brachypodus · H. brevifolius · H. brumalis · H. campanulatus · H. candicans · H. capitatus · H. carnosus · H. cernuus · H. chilensis · H. ciliaris · H. ciliata · H. ciliata var. algeriensis · H. ciliatus · H. colchicoides · H. commutatus · H. comosus · H. comosus 'Plumosus' · H. convallarioides · H. corymbosus · H. creticus · H. cryptopodus · H. curvifolius · H. curvulus · H. cymosus · H. cyrilli · H. dalmaticus · H. decolorans · H. densiflorus · H. dichrous · H. dubius · H. elatus · H. elwendius · H. exsculptus · H. fallax · H. fastigiatus · H. flexuosus · H. fontqueri · H. fuliginosus · H. fulvus · H. gawleri · H. glaucus · H. griseus · H. hackelii · H. haynei · H. hispanicus · H. hispidus · H. italicus · H. juncifolius · H. kochii · H. kopet-daghi · H. lanatus · H. ledebourioides · H. leucophaeus · H. lineatus · H. lipskyi · H. litwinowi · H. litwinowii · H. lividus · H. longistylus · H. macrobotrys · H. maritimus · H. mauritanicus · H. medius · H. micranthus · H. millingeni · H. modestus · H. monomotapensis · H. monscriptus · H. monstrosus · H. montanus · H. multiflowered blue · H. multiflowered pink · H. multiflowered white · H. muscari · H. myogalea · H. nanus · H. neglectus · H. nervosus · H. nivalis · H. non-scriptus · H. nonscriptus · H. nutans · H. olivieri

Members of the genus Fuchsia:

There are approximately 4,993 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: F. microphylla aprica · F. microphylla chiapensis · F. microphylla hidalgensis · F. paniculata mixensis · F. rivularis pubescens · F. bacillaris · F. corallina · F. dominiana · F. exoniensis · F. standishii · F. 'A 1' · F. 'A.M. Larwick' · F. 'A.W. Taylor' · F. 'Aad Franck' · F. 'Aadenken Bert Pelgrims' · F. 'Aalt Groothuis' · F. 'Aan de Linge' · F. 'Aart Verschoor' · F. 'Aat van Wijk' · F. 'Abbé Farges' (Semi-Double Fuchsia) · F. 'Abbey Hill' · F. 'Abbey Kilner' · F. 'Abbigayle Reine' · F. 'Aber Falls' · F. 'Abigail Storey' · F. 'Abigail' · F. 'Abinger Fayre' · F. 'Abt. Koloman Holzinger' · F. 'Abundance' · F. 'Acapulco' · F. 'Acclamation' · F. 'Achievement' · F. 'Achilles' · F. 'Ada Perry' · F. 'Ada's Love' · F. 'Adagio' · F. 'Addington' · F. 'Adelaide Hoodless' · F. 'Adinda' · F. 'Admiration' · F. 'Adrian Young' · F. 'Adriene Bergen' · F. 'Adrienne' · F. 'Ahehee' · F. 'Aiguillette' · F. 'Ailsa Garnett' · F. 'Aintree' · F. 'Air Cadet Leah' · F. 'Airball' · F. 'Airedale' · F. 'Aisen' · F. 'Ajax' · F. 'Al Stettler' · F. 'Alabama Improved' · F. 'Aladna' · F. 'Aladna's Marina' · F. 'Aladna's Rosy' · F. 'Aladna's Sanders' · F. 'Alan Ayckbourn' · F. 'Alan Dyos' · F. 'Alan Hall' · F. 'Alan Stilwell' · F. 'Alan Titchmarsh' · F. 'Alan's Joy' · F. 'Alaska' · F. 'Alba Coccinea' · F. 'Albert H' · F. 'Albert Harkink' · F. 'Albertina' · F. 'Albertus Schwab' · F. 'Albion' · F. 'Alde' · F. 'Aldenhof' · F. 'Alderford' · F. 'Alerta Logue' · F. 'Alexandra Dyos' · F. 'Alexandrina' · F. 'Alf Thornley' · F. 'Alfie' · F. 'Alfred de Groot' · F. 'Alfred Rambaud' · F. 'Algerine' · F. 'Ali Harder' · F. 'Ali' · F. 'Alice Ashton' · F. 'Alice Blue Gown' · F. 'Alice Doran' · F. 'Alice Hoffman' (Fuchsia) · F. 'Alice Mary' · F. 'Alice Rowell' · F. 'Alice Stringer' · F. 'Alice Sweetapple' · F. 'Alice Topliss' · F. 'Alice Travis' · F. 'Alipat' · F. 'Alisha Jade' · F. 'Alison Ewart' · F. 'Alison Patricia' (Fuchsia) · F. 'Alison Reynolds' · F. 'Alison Ruth Griffin'

Bibliography

• Wang Fa-tsuan & Tang Tsin, eds. 1978; 1980. Liliaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 15: 1--280; 14: 1--308.

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Notes

Contributors:

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 19, 2007.

Identifiers:

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1802336

Footnotes:

1. Xinqi Chen, Prof. Song-Yun Liang, Jie-mei Xu, David E. Boufford, Michael G. Gilbert, Rudolf V. Kamelin, Shoichi Kawano, Tetsuo Koyama, Elena V. Mordak, Junko Noguchi, Victor G. Soukup, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kamilla G. Tamanian, Minoru N. Tamura & Nicholas J. Turland "Liliaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 73. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.