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Orlaya

Orlaya is a genus of flowering plants from Europe in the family Apiaceae, with between 1 and 11 species. They are annuals with finely-divided leaves, and umbels of lacy pink or white flowers. O. grandiflora, white laceflower, is well-known and widely cultivated as an ornamental in the UK and elsewhere. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Orlaya
Orlaya grandiflora
Illustration by Johann Georg Sturm,
in his Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Scandiceae
Subtribe: Daucinae
Genus: Orlaya
Hoffm.
Orlaya grandiflora - MHNT source ↗

Orlaya is a genus of flowering plants from Europe in the family Apiaceae, with between 1 and 11 species.1 They are annuals with finely-divided leaves, and umbels of lacy pink or white flowers. O. grandiflora, white laceflower, is well-known and widely cultivated as an ornamental in the UK and elsewhere. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.23

The following species are currently accepted:-1

  • Orlaya daucorlaya Murb.
  • Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm.
  • Orlaya kochii Heywood
  • Orlaya topaliana Beauverd

Etymology

The namesake of this genus is Johann Orlay, a Hungarian-Russian surgeon who lived from 1770 to 1829. It was the German botanist Georg Franz Hoffmann who dedicated the name Orlaya to Johann Orlay in 1814.

References

References

  1. "Orlaya". The Plant List. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. "RHS Plantfinder - Orlaya grandiflora". Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 70. Retrieved 14 April 2018.