Lachenalia patula

Lachenalia patula
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Scilloideae
Genre :	Lachenalia
Type :	Lachenalia patula
Scientific name
	Lachenalia patula
	Jacq.

Lachenalia patula is a plant of the genus Lachenalia in the family of asparagaceae (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet patula comes from Latin , means 'widely spread out' and refers to the tepals.

description

Lachenalia patula is a 6 to 15 centimeter high geophyte that forms small groups. Its bulbs are up to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. The onion scales are dark. The two, oppositely arranged, purple-tinted, linear-lanceolate, fleshy leaves are almost stalk-round and 4.5 to 15 centimeters long. The tip of the leaf is blunt and has an attached tip.

The upright inflorescence reaches a length of 10 to 17 centimeters. The bracts are triangular. The flowers are on 5 millimeter long peduncles . The white or pale pink, ascending flower envelope is 15 millimeters long. Your tepals are fused together at the base and form a tube with extended lobes. The inner tepals are sometimes longer than the outer ones. The stem-round stamens can protrude from the flower envelope.

The egg-shaped fruits contain spherical, black seeds .

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.

Systematics and distribution

Lachenalia patula is widespread in the Western Cape Province of South Africa in the Succulent Karoo .

The first description by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin was published in 1791.

Synonyms are Scillopsis patula (Jacq.) Lem. (1856) and Lachenalia succulenta Masson ex Baker (1886).

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literature

Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Lachenalia patula . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 290 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 179.
^ Tropicos. [1]
^ Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin: Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam et historiam naturalem spectantia . Volume 4, 1791, pp. 149-150 ( online ).
↑ Lachenalia patula . In: R. Govaerts: World Checklist of Asparagaceae . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accessed April 21, 2013).

Web links

Lachenalia patula in the Red List of South African Plants
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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 179.

[Tropicos-2] Tropicos. [1]

[3] Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin: Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam et historiam naturalem spectantia . Volume 4, 1791, pp. 149-150 ( online ).

[4] Lachenalia patula . In: R. Govaerts: World Checklist of Asparagaceae . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accessed April 21, 2013).