Ornithogalum juncifolium
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Ornithogalum juncifolium is a plant of the genus ornithogalum in the family of asparagaceae (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet juncifolia is derived from the name of the genus Juncus and the Latin word folius for 'leafy'.
description
Ornithogalum juncifolium grows in groups. The above-ground, spherical onions have a diameter of up to 4 centimeters and are just as high. The green tissue is visible under the gray-brown onion scales. The linear, thread-like, green leaves appear with the flowers. The leaf blade is 10 to 20 inches long and 2 to 3 millimeters wide. The base of the leaves is divorced and tubular. It forms a membranous collar on the onion.
The paniculate, up to 15-flowered inflorescence reaches a length of up to 40 centimeters. The upright flower stem is petal-round. The triangular bracts are thorn-pointed eyelets. The flowers are on peduncles about 2 centimeters long . The inflorescence is star-shaped. The linear-lanceolate tepals are 7 to 10 millimeters long and 2.5 millimeters wide. The stamens are 5 millimeters long. The outer stamens are linear, the inner ones are shorter and ovoid-pointed. The 3 millimeters long and short-stalked ovary is egg-shaped. The upright stylus is 2.5 millimeters long.
The egg-shaped fruits are 5 millimeters long.
Systematics and distribution
Ornithogalum juncifolium is widespread in South Africa on rocky and water-permeable soils.
The first description by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin was published in 1797.
A nomenclature synonym is Nicipe juncifolia (Jacq.) Mart.-Azorín, MBCrespo & Juan (2011). Were included in the species as a synonym Ornithogalum comptum Baker (1873), Ornithogalum griseum Baker (1873), Ornithogalum subulatum Baker (1874), Ornithogalum leptophyllum Baker (1897), Ornithogalum oliganthum Baker (1897), Ornithogalum stenostachyum Baker (1901), Ornithogalum tenuipes C.H. Wright (1901), Ornithogalum capillifolium Fourc. (1932), Ornithogalum limosum Fourc. (1932), Ornithogalum petraeum Fourc. (1932), Anthericum pauper Poelln. (1942), Anthericum quadrifidum Poelln. (1942), Ornithogalum brevifolium F.M.Leight. (1943), Ornithogalum epigeum F.M.Leight. (1943), Ornithogalum comptonii F.M.Leight. (1944), Ornithogalum Langebergense F.M.Leight. (1945), Ornithogalum juncifolium var. Emsii van Jaarsv. & AEvan Wyk (2005), Nicipe capillifolia (Fourc.) Mart.-Azorín, MBCrespo & Juan (2011), Nicipe comptonii (FMLeight.) Mart.-Azorín, MBCrespo & Juan (2011), Nicipe comptum (Baker) Mart. -Azorín, MBCrespo & Juan (2011) and Nicipe petraea (Fourc.) Mart.-Azorín, MBCrespo & Juan (2011).
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literature
- Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Ornithogalum juncifolium . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 293 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 122.
- ↑ Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin: Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis Descriptiones et Icones . Volume 1, 1797, pp. 46-47, plate 90 ( online ).
- ↑ Ornithogalum juncifolium . In: R. Govaerts: World Checklist of Asparagaceae . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accessed April 21, 2013).
Web links
- Ornithogalum juncifolium var. Juncifolium in the Red List of South African Plants
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