Grass lilies

Grass lilies
	Sessile grass lily ( Anthericum liliago )
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre :	Grass lilies
Scientific name
	Anthericum
	L.

The grass lilies ( Anthericum ) are a genus of plants from the subfamily Agavoideae of the asparagus family .

description

Grass lilies are perennial plants with a short rhizome and somewhat fleshy roots . The Central European species are hairless. Their stems have membranous, spiderless bracts at the base and a dark tuft of fibers. The leaves arranged in a basal rosette are grass-like, flat or rutted and gradually pointed. They have a thin-skinned sheath.

The flowers are in terminal racemose or paniculate inflorescences. The six bracts are free, radial, three- to seven-veined, white, protruding far and lasting at the time of flowering. There are six stamens , three longer and three shorter, all shorter than the perianth. There is only one stylus with a short and blunt scar .

The triple capsule fruit contains two to eight seeds per compartment.

distribution

The genus includes around 65 species in the broader version of the genus, which are mainly distributed in the tropics . With 17 species it has its main distribution in southern Africa . Some species are also found in Mexico and South America . With a narrow definition only 7 species and one hybrid belong here.

Branched grass lily ( Anthericum ramosum )

Systematics

There are two types in Germany :

Rispige grass lily or branchy grass lily ( Anthericum ramosum L. )
Sessile grass lily ( Anthericum liliago L. ).

The remaining types are:

Anthericum angustifolium Hochst. ex Rich. : It occurs in East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda).
Anthericum baeticum (Boiss.) Boiss. : It occurs in Morocco, Western Sahara , Algeria, Tunisia and southern Spain.
Anthericum corymbosum Baker : It occurs in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Yemen.
Anthericum jamesii Baker : It occurs in eastern Ethiopia, Somalia and northern Kenya.
Anthericum maurum Rothm. : It occurs in northern Morocco and southern Spain.
Anthericum neghellense (Cufod.) Bjorå & Sebsebe (Syn .: Chlorophytum neghellense Cufod. , Chlorophytum gallarum Poelln. , Chlorophytum ellenbeckii Poelln. ): It occurs in southern Ethiopia. It was added to the genus Anthericum in2008.

Then there is the hybrid:

Anthericum × confusum Domin = Anthericum liliago x Anthericum ramosum . It occurs in the Czech Republic.

literature

Oskar Sebald, Siegmund Seybold , Georg Philippi : The fern and flowering plants of Baden-Württemberg . Ulmer Verlag, Volume 7
David Allardice Webb : Anthericum L. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin u. a .: Flora Europaea . Volume 5, page 18. Cambridge University Press 1980. ISBN 0-521-20108-X

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Anthericum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 29, 2018.

Web links

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[WCSP-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Anthericum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved July 29, 2018.