Nerine undulata

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Amaryllidaceae

Herbs perennial , rarely shrubby or treelike, often with bulbs, corms, rhizomes, or tubers. Leaves basal or cauline, often narrow, margin entire or spiny . Inflorescence a terminal spike, umbel, raceme , panicle, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic or zygomorphic, usually subtended by 1 to several spathaceous involucres. Perianth segments 6, in 2 whorls, free or connate to form a short tube , with or without a corona . Stamens 6, inserted at perianth throat or at base of segments; filaments sometimes basally connate; anther dorsifixed or basifixed , mostly introrse . Ovary inferior, 3-loculed; ovules few to many per locule; placentation axile . Style slender; stigma capitate or 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule, usually loculicidal, sometimes dehiscing irregularly, rarely a berry. Seeds with endosperm.

More than 100 genera and 1200 species: tropical , subtropical , and temperate regions worldwide; ten genera and 34 species (14 endemic, four introduced ) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 6-9" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Amaryllis Undulata • Amaryllis undulata L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jul-2004

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Nerine

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

N. bowdenii (Guernsey Lily) · N. filifolia (Guernsey Lily) · N. flexuosa 'Alba' (White Nerine) · N. krigei (Nerine) · N. masoniorum (Masons Nerine Nerine Masoniorum) · N. sarniensis (Berglelie) · N. sarniensis var. corusca 'Major' (Berglelie) · N. sarniensis 'Baghdad' (Berglelie) · N. sarniensis 'Rose Emperor' (Berglelie) · N. undulata (Nerine)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Bulb propagation and trade study WWF url p. 59.
• Bulbs; a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers. By Edward Sprague Rand, jr.. .. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1884. url p. 212.
• Cultivated plants, their propagation and improvement. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood & Sons, 1877. url p. 186.
• Florists' review Chicago: Florists' Pub. Co. url , .
• Hand-list of tender momocotyledons, excluding Orchideae, cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew. London, Printed for H. M. S. O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1897. url p. 155.
• Hortus suburbanus Calcuttensis; A catalogue of the plants which have been cultivated in the Hon. East India Company's botanical garden, Calcutta, and in the Serampore botanical garden. By the late J. O. Voigt, printed under the superintendence of W. Griffith. Calcutta, Bishop's College Press, 1845. url p. 587.
• Journal of botany, British and foreign. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1863-1942. url p. 289.
• Nicholson, G. The illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopædia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists /edited by George Nicholson; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. .. 9 1884 London: L.U. Gill, [1884]-88. url p. 409, p. 442.
• Oliver, D. Flora of tropical Africa /by Daniel Oliver. .. assisted by other botanists. 7 1897-1898 London: L. Reeve and co., 1868-1999. url p. 405.
• Pollen / by M. Pakenham Edgeworth. London: Hardwicke & Bogue, 1877. url p. 16, p. 16.
• Practical floriculture, a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist. New York, Judd[1869] url p. 126.
• Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florists' plants, for the amateur and professional florist. New York, O. Judd company, 1883. url p. 157, p. 157.
• South African journal of science. [Marshalltown, Transvaal: South African Association for the Advancement of Science, url p. 156.
• The Botanist: containing accurately coloured figures of tender and hardy ornamental plants; with descriptions, scientific and popular; intended to convey both moral and intellectual gratification. 4 1840 London: New York: [etc., etc.], Published by R. Groombridge; [1836-42] url no. 174.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url , , , , p. 123, p. 129, p. 136, p. 258, p. 273, p. 360, p. 361, p. 388, p. 390, p. 392, p. 4, p. 409, p. 411, p. 415, p. 438, p. 446, p. 461, p. 472, p. 474, p. 494, p. 495, p. 499, p. 56, p. 591, p. 80.
• The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement. London: Longman, Rees, Orome, Brown and Green, 1826-1844. url p. 341.
• The Gardener's monthly and horticultural advertiser. Philadelphia [Pa.: s.n.1859-1875] url p. 127.
• The Gardeners' chronicle and agricultural gazette. London: published for the proprietors, 1844-1873. url p. 1494, p. 804.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url , p. 117, p. 214, p. 245, p. 32, p. 323, p. 329, p. 357, p. 358, p. 377, p. 408, p. 410, p. 420, p. 473, p. 540, p. 572, p. 656, p. 658.
• The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. Albany, N.Y.: Luther Tucker, 1846-1875. url p. 244, p. 460.
• The Illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists / edited by George Nicholson. ..; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. ... London: L. Upcott Gill; 1887-1889. url p. 372, p. 383, p. 409, p. 442.
• The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen. London: George W. Johnson and Robert Hogg, 1861-1877. url p. 401, p. 425, p. 425, p. 487, p. 778, p. 779.
• The garden... London, 1872- url p. 591.
• The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826-1844. url p. 243.
• Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 14 1904 Cape Town, : The Society. url p. 338.
• Qian Xiao-hu, Chen Sing-chi, Hsu Yin, Hu Zhi-bi, Huang Xiu-lan & Fan Quan-jin. 1985. Amaryllidaceae. In: Pei Chien & Ting Chih-tsun, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 16(1): 1--42.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5845817
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-282151
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14988648
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66348-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 66348-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 756493

Footnotes

1. Zhanhe Ji & Alan W. Meerow "Amaryllidaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 264. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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