Affodill

Affodill
	White affodill ( Asphodelus albus )
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Grass trees (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
Subfamily :	Affodilla family (Asphodeloideae)
Genre :	Affodill
Scientific name
	Asphodelus
	L.

Affodill ( Asphodelus ) forms a genus of plants in the subfamily of the Affodillaceae (Asphodeloideae) from the family of the grass tree plants (Xanthorrhoeaceae).

description

The Affodill species are usually perennial , herbaceous plants with a thickened rhizome or annual to biennial plants with fibrous roots. They have basal, rosette-like leaves .

The flowers are grouped in racemes or panicles . The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold. The six bracts are white or light pink in color. In contrast to the species of the genus Asphodeline , the flowers have stamens of equal length . Globular, leathery and triple pod fruits are formed which contain the black tetrahedral seeds.

Occurrence

The occurrence of the Affodill species extends over the entire Mediterranean area and continues from there eastward to India .

Section Asphodelus : Branched Affodill ( Asphodelus ramosus )

Verinea section : Röhriger Affodill ( Asphodelus fistulosus )

Systematics

There are 16 species in the genus Affodill (from Latin affodilus and asphodilus from Greek), which can be divided into five sections:

Sect. Asphodelus

Asphodelus aestivus bread. is endemic to the southwestern Iberian Peninsula.
White affodilla ( Asphodelus albus Mill. ), Native to sub-Mediterranean Europe; occurs in four subspecies.
Asphodelus bento-rainhae P.Silva , native to central Portugal and neighboring Spain ; occurs in two subspecies.
Cherry affodill ( Asphodelus cerasiferus J.Gay ), native to Spain, France , Corsica , Sardinia , Morocco and Algeria .
Asphodelus gracilis Brown-Blanq. & Maire , based in northern Morocco.
Asphodelus lusitanicus Cout. , based in Portugal and Galicia .
Asphodelus macrocarpus Parl. , Native to Morocco, Portugal, Spain, the Mediterranean and Atlantic France and Italy ; occurs in two subspecies.
Branched affodill or small fruited affodill ( Asphodelus ramosus L .; Syn. Asphodelus aestivus auct., Asphodelus microcarpus Viv. ), Widespread in the Mediterranean area , occurs in two subspecies.
Asphodelus serotinus Wolley-Dod , native to the western and central Iberian Peninsula.

Sect. Verineopsis Maire

Asphodelus roseus Humbert & Maire , native to southern Spain and northern Morocco.

Sect. Verinea (Pomel) Baker ex Boiss.

Asphodelus ayardii Jahand. & Maire , based in the western Mediterranean and the Canaries.
Tubular affodil ( Asphodelus fistulosus L. ), widespread in the Mediterranean area, transported to other continents, occurs in two subspecies.
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. , with home in the Mediterranean and Saharan North Africa as well as from southern Spain, Greece , southwest Asia to northern India; abducted to Australia .

Sect. Clausonia (Pomel) Bonnet & Baratte

Asphodelus acaulis Desf. , based in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia .

Sect. Plagiasphodelus J. Gay

Asphodelus refractus Boiss. , with home in the desert regions of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Asphodelus viscidulus Boiss. , with home in the desert regions of North Africa from eastern Algeria to the northwestern Arabian Peninsula.

Without assignment to a section:

Asphodelus bakeri Breistr. (Syn. Aspodelus comosus Baker ), native to the western Himalayas.

literature

Hans Simon (Ed.): The free-range ornamental shrubs. Manual and lexicon of garden perennials . Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. tape 1 : A-H . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6 , pp. 122-124 .

Individual evidence

↑ Zoila Diaz Lifante, Benito Valdés: Revisión del género Asphodelus L. (Asphodelaceae) en el Mediterráneo Occidental. In: Boissiera. Vol. 52, 1996, pp. 1-189.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Asphodelus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 26, 2018.
↑ Zoila Diaz Lifante, Benito Valdés: Lectotypification of Asphodelus ramosus (Asphodelaceae), a misunderstood Linnaean name. In: Taxon. Vol. 43, No. 2, 1994, pp. 247-251, JSTOR 1222883 .
↑ ^a ^b Zoila Díaz Lifante: Asphodelus L. In: Santiago Castroviejo, Salvador Talavera, C. Andrés, M. Arista, MP Fernández Piedra, Enrique Rico, Manuel B. Crespo, Alejandro Quintanar, Alberto Herrero, Carlos Aedo (eds.) : Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares . Vol. XX. Liliaceae - Agavaceae . Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid 2013, ISBN 978-84-00-09745-5 , p. 276-308 ( PDF file ).

Web links

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[DiazLifante-1] Zoila Diaz Lifante, Benito Valdés: Revisión del género Asphodelus L. (Asphodelaceae) en el Mediterráneo Occidental. In: Boissiera. Vol. 52, 1996, pp. 1-189.

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Asphodelus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 26, 2018.

[Taxon-3] Zoila Diaz Lifante, Benito Valdés: Lectotypification of Asphodelus ramosus (Asphodelaceae), a misunderstood Linnaean name. In: Taxon. Vol. 43, No. 2, 1994, pp. 247-251, JSTOR 1222883 .

[Flora_Iberica-4] Zoila Díaz Lifante: Asphodelus L. In: Santiago Castroviejo, Salvador Talavera, C. Andrés, M. Arista, MP Fernández Piedra, Enrique Rico, Manuel B. Crespo, Alejandro Quintanar, Alberto Herrero, Carlos Aedo (eds.) : Flora Ibérica. Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares . Vol. XX. Liliaceae - Agavaceae . Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid 2013, ISBN 978-84-00-09745-5 , p. 276-308 ( PDF file ).