Leopoldia
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Grape hyacinth ( Leopoldia comosa ) |
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Leopoldia is a genus of plants from the subfamily Scilloideae .
description
The inflorescence is a loose or dense raceme. The flower stalks are longer to shorter than the flowers . Fertile flowers are elongated urn-shaped or tubular, narrowed at the neck and usually brownish, dirty yellowish or greenish in color. A secondary crown is missing. Due to the well-developed shoulders under short terminal lobes (or teeth), the flowers often appear asymmetrical. The lobes are cream-colored, yellowish, or blackish. There are numerous sterile flowers. These form a blue, purple or pink tuft, which can sometimes be very reduced. The capsule fruits are three-lobed, the lobes moderately or strongly flattened.
distribution
The occurrence of the species extends over the entire Mediterranean area. It extends from the Canary Islands to Afghanistan and from Central Germany and the southern former USSR to North Africa .
Systematics
The genus Leopoldia is often listed as a sub-genus of the genus Muscari . It includes around 20 species, including the following:
- Leopoldia bicolor (Boiss.) Eig & Feinbrun
- Leopoldia caucasica (Griseb. Ex Baker) Losinsk.
- Lumpy grape hyacinth ( Leopoldia comosa ) (L.) Parl.
- Leopoldia cycladica (PHDavis & DCStuart) Garbari
- Leopoldia eburnea Eig & Feinbrun
- Leopoldia ghouschtchiensis Jafari & Maassoumi
- Leopoldia Gussonei Parl.
- Leopoldia longipes (Boiss.) Losinsk.
- Leopoldia maritima (Desf.) Parl.
- Narrow-flowered grape hyacinth ( Leopoldia tenuiflora ) (exchange) Heldr.
- Leopoldia weissii Freyn
supporting documents
- Azarnoosh Jafari, Ali Ashar Maassoumi: Synopsis of Leopoldia, Muscari and Pseudomuscari (Hyacinthaceae) in Iran, with Leopoldia ghouschtchiensis sp. nova . In: Annales Botanici Fennici. Volume 48, No. 5, pp. 396-400, PDF file .
- M. Ruizrejon, L. Pascual, C. Ruizrejon, B. Valdes, JL Oliver: A New Species of Muscari Subgenus Leopoldia from the Iberian Peninsula. In: Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. Volume 13, No. 3, 1985, pp. 239-250, PDF file .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Leopoldia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . , accessed January 17, 2013.
