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Taxonomy

Physical 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]

Genus X:

When placed before a specific epithet, indicates the taxon is of known hybrid origin. The basic number of chromosomes in a polyploid series.

Flowers: Bloom Period: July, August. • Flower Color: pink

Distribution

Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus X:

There are approximately 328 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: X. Ackersteinia dodsonii · X. Aeonichryson aizoides · X. Aeoniogreenovia lambii · X. Aglaonaria robertsii · X. Agroelymus adamsii · X. Agroelymus bergrothii · X. Agroelymus bowdenii · X. Agroelymus cayouetteorum · X. Agroelymus colvillensis · X. Agroelymus dorei · X. Agroelymus hirtiflorus · X. Agroelymus hodgsonii · X. Agroelymus hultenii · X. Agroelymus jamesensis · X. Agroelymus mossii · X. Agroelymus ontariensis · X. Agroelymus palmerensis · X. Agroelymus pamiricus · X. Agroelymus piettei · X. Agroelymus strictus · X. Agroelymus turneri · X. Agroelymus ungavensis · X. Alcalthaea suffrutescens · X. aleuticus (Aleutian Wildrye) · X. Alismodorus muretii · X. Amarcrinum memoria-corsii (Amarcrinum) · X. Amarine tubergenii · X. Amarygia bidwellii · X. Amarygia parkeri · X. Anacamptorchis duquesnei · X. Anacamptorchis durandii · X. Anacamptorchis fallaX. · X. Anacamptorchis guetroti · X. Anacamptorchis kelleri · X. Anacamptorchis klingei · X. Anacamptorchis la-niccae · X. Anacamptorchis laniccae · X. Anacamptorchis laniccae nothosubsp. galloprovinciana · X. Anacamptorchis larzacensis · X. Anacamptorchis lesbiensis · X. Anacamptorchis simorrensis · X. Anacamptorchis simorrensis nothovar. ticinensis · X. Anacamptorchis ticinensis · X. Anacamptorchis vanlookenii · X. Anacamptorchis weberi · X. Anoectomaria dominii · X. Aporberocereus innesii · X. arcuatum (Arcuate Barley) · X. aristatus (Purple Wildrye) · X. Asplenicystopteris blindii · X. Asplenicystopteris payotii · X. Asplenoceterach badense · X. Asplenoceterach barrancense · X. Asplenoceterach newmanii · X. Asplenophyllitis claphamii · X. Asplenophyllitis confluens · X. Asplenophyllitis hendersonii · X. Asplenophyllitis jacksonii · X. Asplenophyllitis kummerlei · X. Asplenophyllitis lobata · X. Asplenophyllitis microdon · X. Asplenosorus akaishiensis · X. Asplenosorus boydstoniae · X. Asplenosorus castaneoviridis · X. Asplenosorus ebenoides · X. Asplenosorus gravesii · X. Asplenosorus herb-wagneri · X. Asplenosorus ineX.pectatus · X. Asplenosorus kentuckiensis · X. Asplenosorus kitazawae · X. Asplenosorus pinnatifidus · X. Asplenosorus shawneensis · X. Asplenosorus tosaensis · X. Asplenosorus trudellii · X. Astroworthia bicarinata · X. Astroworthia bicarinata nm. skinneri · X. Astroworthia skinneri · X. Attabignya minarum · X. Bolboschoenoplectus mariqueter · X. Bonstedtia lilacina · X. Bonstedtia youngiana · X. Borkersia soniae · X. Brachystemon nolae-carriae · X. braunii (Braun's Festulolium) · X. Brunsdonna parkeri · X. Brunserine tubergenii · X. Butyagrus nabonnandii · X. caduca (Mandan Ricegrass) · X. Calicharis butcheri · X. Carapelia tarantuloides · X. carduus font-queri · X. Carruanthophyllum hybridum · X. carthamus battandieri · X. carthamus doumerguei · X. carthamus faurei · X. centaurea bourlieri · X. centaurea impura · X. centaurea serresii · X. Ceterophyllitis hybrida · X. Chamaebivia francescae

Bibliography

• 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.

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Notes

Identifiers:

• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 958139

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.