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Genus of flowering plants
Lachenalia maughanii ,
Nieuwoudtville , South Africa
Lachenalia is a
genus of
bulbous
perennial plants in the family
Asparagaceae , subfamily
Scilloideae ,
[2] which are usually found in
Namibia and
South Africa . Most of them have a dormancy period, but new
roots will always grow every year.
Lachenalia is named after the Swiss botanist Werner de Lachenal (1736-1800).
[3] Species are sometimes known as Cape cowslip , though they are not even somewhat related to the true cowslip
Primula veris .
Species
As of December 2022
[update] , the Plants of the World Online accepted 136 species:
[1]
Lachenalia pustulata
In addition,
Lachenalia nordenstamii W.F.Barker was listed as "threatened" in the 2006 IUCN Red List,
[4] but as of December 2012
[update] the name was not accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families .
[1]
Cultivation
Several species are cultivated as garden plants. The following have gained the
Royal Horticultural Society 's
Award of Garden Merit .
[5]
Lachenalia 'Rupert'
[6]
Lachenalia bulbifera 'George'
[7]
Lachenalia contaminata
[8]
Lachenalia corymbosa
[9]
Lachenalia flava
[10]
Lachenalia pustulata
[11]
Lachenalia quadricolor
[12]
Lachenalia vanzyliae
[13]
Lachenalia viridiflora
[14]
References
^
a
b
c Search for "Lachenalia",
Plants of the World Online ,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2022-12-08
^ Stevens, P.F.,
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae
^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen
ISBN
3-7643-0755-2
^ Craven, P.; Loots, S. (2004),
Lachenalia nordenstamii , IUCN Red List of Threatened Species], retrieved 22 August 2007
^
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF) . Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 57. Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia 'Rupert' " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia bulbifera 'George' " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia contaminata " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia corymbosa " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia flava " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia pustulata " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia quadricolor " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder -Lachenalia vanzyliae " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
^
"RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia viridiflora " . Retrieved 17 March 2018 .
Bibliography
Anderson, Neil O., ed. (2007).
Flower breeding and genetics: issues, challenges and opportunities for the 21st century . Dordrecht: Springer.
ISBN
9781402065699 .
Barker, Winsome F. (April 1987).
"Five more new species of Lachenalia (Liliaceae — Hyacinthoideae) four from the Cape Province and one from southern South West Africa/Namibia" .
South African Journal of Botany . 53 (2): 166–172.
doi :
10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31453-3 .
Duncan, G. D. ; Edwards, T. J. (15 December 2006).
"Three new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae: Massonieae) from Western and Northern Cape, South Africa" . Bothalia . 36 (2): 147–155.
doi :
10.4102/abc.v36i2.353 .
Duncan, Graham ; Helme, Nick A. (4 December 2014).
"Lachenalia arenicola (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae), a new species from western South Africa" (PDF) .
Phytotaxa . 186 (5): 297–300.
doi :
10.11646/phytotaxa.186.5.8 .
Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014).
"Lachenalia " .
African plants – a Photo Guide . Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
Duncan, G. (15 December 1998).
"Five new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) from arid areas of Namibia and South Africa" . Bothalia . 28 (2): 131–139.
doi :
10.4102/abc.v28i2.630 .
External links
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