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|taxon = Worsleya
|name=empress of Brazil
|name=empress of Brazil
|taxon = Worsleya procera
|genus= Worsleya
|image = Worsleya rayneri1CURTIS.jpg
|image = Worsleya rayneri1CURTIS.jpg
|image_caption = ''Worsleya'' illustration
|image_caption = ''Worsleya procera'' <ref>1871 illustration from Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 97 Series 3, issue 27, plate 5883, as ''Amaryllis rayneri''</ref>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=298863 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100354478 Tropicos, ''Worsleya'' (W. Watson ex Traub) Traub ]</ref>
|synonyms = *''Amaryllis procera'' <small>Duch.</small> 1863, nom. illegit. [non ''A. procera'' <small>Salisb.</small>]
*''Hippeastrum procerum'' <small>Lem.</small> 1864 [nom. nov. pro. ''A. procera'' <small>Duch.</small> non <small>Salisb</small>.]
|synonyms=*''Amaryllis'' subg. ''Worselya'' <small>W.Watson ex Traub</small>
*''Amaryllis rayneri'' <small>Hook.f.</small> 1871
* ''[[Hippeastrum procerum]]'' <small>Lem.</small>
*''Worsleya rayneri'' <small>(Hook.f.) Traub & Moldenke</small> 1949
* ''[[Amaryllis procera]]'' <small>Duch. 1863, illegitimate homonym not Salisb. 1796</small>
* ''[[Amaryllis rayneri]]'' <small>Hook.f.</small>
* ''[[Worsleya rayneri]]'' <small>(Hook.f.) Traub & Moldenke</small>
|authority = ([[Charles Antoine Lemaire|Lem.]]) [[Hamilton Paul Traub|Traub]]<ref name="WCSP">{{Citation |contribution=''Worsleya procera''|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291432 |accessdate=2012-12-29}}</ref>
|authority = ([[Charles Antoine Lemaire|Lem.]]) [[Hamilton Paul Traub|Traub]]<ref name="WCSP">{{Citation |contribution=''Worsleya procera''|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=291432 |accessdate=2012-12-29}}</ref>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-291432 The Plant List]</ref>
|synonyms_ref=<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-291432 The Plant List]</ref>
|species=''W. procera''
|binomial=''Worsleya procera''
|binomial_authority=(Lem.) Traub
|authority=(W.Watson ex Traub) Traub

}}
}}
[[File:Worsleya1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The blue flowers]]
[[File:Worsleya1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The blue flowers]]
The genus '''''Worsleya''''' contains only one species, '''''Worsleya procera''''', previously known as '''''Worsleya rayneri'''''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2004-September/019500.html |title=pbs New wiki photos Worsleya bloom |author=Mabberley, David |date=May 3, 2002 |accessdate=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Mabberley | first = David | authorlink = David Mabberley | title = The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 1987 }}</ref> It is one of the largest (around 1.5 meters high) and rarest members of the subfamily [[Amaryllidoideae]] (family [[Amaryllidaceae]]). ''Worsleya'' is a tropical plant. This species is also known as the '''empress of Brazil''' because of its origin in [[South America]]. It grows in very extreme and moist environments, and is commonly found near waterfalls in rich soil situated on [[granite]] rocks (which is why it is sometimes considered to be a [[lithophyte]]) and sunny places. However, it is very difficult to cultivate. It has plenty of needs, though it can exhibit great hardiness. It also has many ornamental traits.
'''''Worsleya''''' is a genus of [[Brazil]]ian plants in the [[Amaryllidaceae|Amaryllis family]], widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its showy flowers. There is only one known species, '''''[[Worsleya procera]]''''', native to eastern [[Brazil]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2004-September/019500.html |title=pbs New wiki photos Worsleya bloom |author=Mabberley, David |date=May 3, 2002 |accessdate=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last = Mabberley | first = David | authorlink = David Mabberley | title = The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. | publisher = Cambridge University Press | date = 1987 }}</ref><ref>Traub, Hamilton Paul 1944. Herbertia 10: 89</ref> It is one of the largest (around 1.5 meters high) and rarest members of the subfamily [[Amaryllidoideae]] (family [[Amaryllidaceae]]).
This species is also known as the '''empress of Brazil''' because of its origin in [[South America]]. It grows in very extreme and moist environments, and is commonly found near waterfalls in rich soil situated on [[granite]] rocks (which is why it is sometimes considered to be a [[lithophyte]]) and sunny places. However, it is very difficult to cultivate. It has plenty of needs, though it can exhibit great hardiness. It also has many ornamental traits.


The plant has a large [[bulb]] that produces a high stem with green recurved leaves. ''Worsleya'' produces spectacular and beautiful blooms. They are large, lilac to blue, with small freckles on them. The seeds are black and semicircular, and are usually sown in [[pumice]] or sometimes ''[[Sphagnum]],'' although with ''[[Sphagnum]]'' the threat of decay is higher.<ref>Traub, Hamilton Paul. 1944. Herbertia 10: 89, ''Worsleya procera''</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6167409#page/139/mode/1up Lemaire, (Antoine) Charles. 1864. L'illustration horticole 11: t. 408. as ''Hippeastrum procerum'' ].</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/251126#page/80/mode/1up Duchartre, Pierre Étienne Simon. 1863. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 10: 75. as ''Amaryllis procera'' nom illeg., not Salisbury 1796].</ref><ref>Traub, Hamilton Paul & Moldenke, Harold Norman. 1949. Amaryllis Manual 23. as ''Worsleya rayneri''</ref><ref>Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1871. Botanical Magazine 97: t. 5883, as ''Amaryllis rayneri''</ref>
The plant has a large [[bulb]] that produces a high stem with green recurved leaves. ''Worsleya'' produces spectacular and beautiful blooms. They are large, lilac to blue, with small freckles on them. The seeds are black and semicircular, and are usually sown in [[pumice]] or sometimes ''[[Sphagnum]],'' although with ''[[Sphagnum]]'' the threat of decay is higher.<ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6167409#page/139/mode/1up Lemaire, (Antoine) Charles. 1864. L'illustration horticole 11: t. 408. as ''Hippeastrum procerum'' ].</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/251126#page/80/mode/1up Duchartre, Pierre Étienne Simon. 1863. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 10: 75. as ''Amaryllis procera'' nom illeg., not Salisbury 1796].</ref><ref>Traub, Hamilton Paul & Moldenke, Harold Norman. 1949. Amaryllis Manual 23. as ''Worsleya rayneri''</ref>


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[[Category:Amaryllidaceae genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic Asparagales genera]]
[[Category:Monotypic Asparagales genera]]
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[[Category:endemic flora of Brazil]]
[[Category:flowers]]
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Revision as of 20:46, 5 April 2015

empress of Brazil
Worsleya procera [1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Tribe: Griffineae
Genus: Worsleya
(W.Watson ex Traub) Traub
Binomial name
Worsleya procera
(Lem.) Traub
Synonyms[2]
The blue flowers

Worsleya is a genus of Brazilian plants in the Amaryllis family, widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its showy flowers. There is only one known species, Worsleya procera, native to eastern Brazil.[3][4][5] It is one of the largest (around 1.5 meters high) and rarest members of the subfamily Amaryllidoideae (family Amaryllidaceae).

This species is also known as the empress of Brazil because of its origin in South America. It grows in very extreme and moist environments, and is commonly found near waterfalls in rich soil situated on granite rocks (which is why it is sometimes considered to be a lithophyte) and sunny places. However, it is very difficult to cultivate. It has plenty of needs, though it can exhibit great hardiness. It also has many ornamental traits.

The plant has a large bulb that produces a high stem with green recurved leaves. Worsleya produces spectacular and beautiful blooms. They are large, lilac to blue, with small freckles on them. The seeds are black and semicircular, and are usually sown in pumice or sometimes Sphagnum, although with Sphagnum the threat of decay is higher.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ 1871 illustration from Hooker, Joseph Dalton. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 97 Series 3, issue 27, plate 5883, as Amaryllis rayneri
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ Mabberley, David (May 3, 2002). "pbs New wiki photos Worsleya bloom". Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  4. ^ Mabberley, David (1987). The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press.
  5. ^ Traub, Hamilton Paul 1944. Herbertia 10: 89
  6. ^ Lemaire, (Antoine) Charles. 1864. L'illustration horticole 11: t. 408. as Hippeastrum procerum .
  7. ^ Duchartre, Pierre Étienne Simon. 1863. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 10: 75. as Amaryllis procera nom illeg., not Salisbury 1796.
  8. ^ Traub, Hamilton Paul & Moldenke, Harold Norman. 1949. Amaryllis Manual 23. as Worsleya rayneri


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