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Asphodeline

Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.

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Asphodeline
Asphodeline lutea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Asphodeline
Rchb.1
Type species
Asphodeline lutea 1
(L.) Rchb.
Synonyms2

Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830.3 It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.24567891011

Asphodeline has fleshy roots and fragrant, starry flowers that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4 ft in well-drained soil. Its foliage is blue-green and grassy, with tall, narrow flower spikes. It takes at least three years before newly planted seedlings flower. The yellow flowers always make an interesting addition to the late-spring garden. The individual flowers on the spikes open in a seemingly random order, and do not last long, being replaced quickly by other flowers.

Species2
  1. Asphodeline anatolica Tuzlaci - Turkey
  2. Asphodeline baytopiae Tuzlaci - Turkey, Syria
  3. Asphodeline brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker - from Greece to Iran
  4. Asphodeline cilicica Tuzlaci - Turkey
  5. Asphodeline damascena (Boiss.) Baker - Turkey, Syria
  6. Asphodeline globifera J.Gay ex Baker - Turkey, Syria
  7. Asphodeline liburnica (Scop.) Rchb. - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean
  8. Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. - southeastern Europe, northern Africa, the Caucasus and the Levant.
  9. Asphodeline peshmeniana Tuzlaci - Turkey
  10. Asphodeline prismatocarpa J.Gay ex Boiss. - Turkey
  11. Asphodeline prolifera (M.Bieb.) Kunth - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
  12. Asphodeline recurva Post - Turkey, Syria, Jordan
  13. Asphodeline rigidifolia (Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker - Turkey
  14. Asphodeline sertachiae Tuzlaci - Turkey
  15. Asphodeline taurica (Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl. - from Albania to Caucasus
  16. Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
  17. Asphodeline turcica Tuzlaci - Turkey
References

References

  1. The genus Asphodeline was coined by the botanist Ludwig Reichenbach, and originally published in Flora Germanica Excursoria 116. 1830. The type species, described therein from a lectotype, is A. lutea.
    "Name - Asphodeline Rchb". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
  2. "Search for Asphodeline". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  3. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asparagales: Asphodeloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asphodeline
  5. Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
  6. Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  7. Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  8. Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  9. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  10. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  11. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.