Ornithogalum naviculum

Ornithogalum naviculum
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Scilloideae
Genre :	Milky Stars ( Ornithogalum )
Type :	Ornithogalum naviculum
Scientific name
	Ornithogalum naviculum
	WFBarker ex Oberm.

Ornithogalum naviculum is a plant of the genus ornithogalum in the family of asparagaceae (Asparagaceae). The specific epithet naviculum comes from Latin , means 'little boat' and refers to the boat-shaped leaves.

description

Ornithogalum naviculum is a dwarf geophyte . It grows with individual, spherical bulbs . The obovate to oblong obovate, boat-shaped, succulent leaves appear after the flowers. The leaf blade is 20 millimeters long and 8 millimeters wide. It is longitudinally furrowed on the upper side and encompasses the stem at the base.

The upright, paniculate, up to twelve-flowered inflorescence reaches a length of up to 10 centimeters. The flower stem is round. The triangular pointed bracts are 3 millimeters long. The flowers are on up to 1.5 centimeters long, ascending pedicels . The initially spread out and later suddenly bent back, white, narrowly egg-shaped tepals are 7 millimeters long and 2 millimeters wide. The stamens are 5 millimeters long. The stamens are filiform, the yellow ovary is obovate, the pen upright and the scar capitately. The heyday is midsummer.

Nothing is known about the fruits and seeds .

Systematics and distribution

Ornithogalum naviculum is common in the Succulent Karoo in the north of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

The first description by Anna Amelia Obermeyer was published in 1978.

A nomenclature synonym is Eliokarmos naviculus (WFBarker ex Oberm.) Mart.-Azorín, MBCrespo & Juan (2011).

proof

literature

Ernst Jacobus van Jaarsveld : Ornithogalum naviculum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 394 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 164.
^ AA Obermeyer: Ornithogalum: a revision of the southern African species . In: Bothalia . Volume 12, number 3, 1978, p. 348. ( PDF )
↑ Ornithogalum naviculum . In: R. Govaerts: World Checklist of Asparagaceae . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accessed April 21, 2013).

Web links

Ornithogalum naviculum in the Red List of South African Plants
Holotype

[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 164.

[2] AA Obermeyer: Ornithogalum: a revision of the southern African species . In: Bothalia . Volume 12, number 3, 1978, p. 348. ( PDF )

[3] Ornithogalum naviculum . In: R. Govaerts: World Checklist of Asparagaceae . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accessed April 21, 2013).