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.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Asphodeline | |
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| Asphodeline lutea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Asphodeline Rchb.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Asphodeline lutea [1] (L.) Rchb.
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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.
- Species[2]
- Asphodeline anatolica Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline baytopiae Tuzlaci - Turkey, Syria
- Asphodeline brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker - from Greece to Iran
- Asphodeline cilicica Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline damascena (Boiss.) Baker - Turkey, Syria
- Asphodeline globifera J.Gay ex Baker - Turkey, Syria
- Asphodeline liburnica (Scop.) Rchb. - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean
- Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. - from Albania to Turkey
- Asphodeline peshmeniana Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline prismatocarpa J.Gay ex Boiss. - Turkey
- Asphodeline prolifera (M.Bieb.) Kunth - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
- Asphodeline recurva Post - Turkey, Syria, Jordan
- Asphodeline rigidifolia (Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker - Turkey
- Asphodeline sertachiae Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline taurica (Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl. - from Albania to Caucasus
- Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
- Asphodeline turcica Tuzlaci - Turkey
References edit
- ^ a b 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. - ^ a b c "Search for Asphodeline". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asparagales: Asphodeloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asphodeline
- ^ Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- ^ Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- ^ Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- ^ Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- ^ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
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