Ismene (genus)

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Ismene
Ismene narcissiflora

Ismene narcissiflora

Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae)
Subfamily : Amaryllidoideae
Tribe : Hymenocallideae
Genre : Ismene
Scientific name
Ismene
Salisb.

Ismene , sometimes called Peruvian daffodils , is a genus of plants within the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae). The genus Ismene is common in Peru , Bolivia and Ecuador .

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Ismene species grow as perennial herbaceous plants . The hermaphrodite flowers are threefold.

Systematics

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The Ismene species have a strong resemblance to Hymenocallis , a genus to which the genus Ismene was often assigned in the past. However, the genus Ismene differs from the genus Hymenocallis in some significant features: in foliage, distribution and chromosome number .

Synonyms for Ismene Salisb. ex Herb. are Liriope Herb. nom. illeg., Elisena Herb. , Pseudostenomesson Velarde .

There are about ten Ismene species, here with their distribution:

  • Ismene amancaes (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb (Syn .: Ismene crinifolia Salisb. Nom. Inval., Ismene integra M. Roem. ): It iswidespreadin Peru .
  • Ismene × deflexa Herb. (Syn .: Ismene × festalis Worsley ): This natural hybrid of Ismene longipetala × Ismene narcissiflora occurs in Peru.
  • Ismene hawkesii (Vargas) Gereau & Meerow : It occurs only in the Peruvian region of Cusco .
  • Ismene longipetala (Lindl.) Meerow (Syn .: Elisena longipetala Lindl. ): It iswidespreadfrom southwest Ecuador to northwest Peru.
  • Ismene morrisonii (Vargas) Gereau & Meerow : It occurs only in the Peruvian region of Apurímac .
  • Ismene narcissiflora (Jacq.) M. Roem. (Syn .: Ismene calathina Herb. Nom. Superfl., Ismene calathiformis (Redouté) M.Roem. , Ismene tagliabuei M.Roem. ): It occurs in south-central Peru.
  • Ismene nutans (Ker Gawl.) Herb. : It occurs only in the Peruvian region of Cusco .
  • Ismene pedunculata Herb. : It is common in Peru.
  • Ismene ringens (Ruiz & Pav.) Gereau & Meerow : It is common in Peru.
  • Ismene sublimis (Herb.) Gereau & Meerow (Syn .: Elisena sublimis Herb. ): It occurs only in the Peruvian region of La Libertad .
  • Ismene vargasii (Velarde) Gereau & Meerow (Syn .: Pseudostenomesson vargasii Velarde ): It is widespread in Peru.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Ismene. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 17, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Ismene  - collection of images, videos and audio files

further reading

  • Howard, Thad M. Bulbs for Warm Climates . Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2001, pp. 98-99.