Haemanthus

Haemanthus
Haemanthus
	; Hemanthus scarlet
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
The Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Monocotyledonous
Order :	Lilianae
Order:	Asparagus
Family:	Amaryllis
Subfamily :	Amaryllis
Tribe :	Haemantheae
Gender:	Haemanthus
International scientific name
	Haemanthus [ Tourn. ] L. , 1753
Type view
	Haemanthus coccineus L., 1753 - Scarlet Hemanthus

Hemanthus ( Latin Haemanthus ) is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants included in the subfamily Amaryllidoideae of the family Amaryllidaceae . Some species are indoor and greenhouse plants ^[2] .

Content

1 Name
2 Botanical Description
3 Area
4 Taxonomy
- 4.1 Synonyms
- 4.2 Species
5 notes
6 Literature

Title

The scientific name of the genus , Haemanthus , was adopted by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 from J. Python de Tournefort . It is formed from other Greek. αίμα - “blood” and άνθος - “flower”, which refers to the red color of the flowers of a typical species of the genus.

Botanical Description

Species of the genus Hemanthus are evergreen or deciduous plants with an ovoid or pear-shaped bulb, usually immersed in the ground, less often protruding above it. Leaves are few, strap-shaped, fleshy. Three species are succulents .

The flowers are collected in a thick umbrella inflorescence at the end of the arrow, surrounded by red or white ovoid bracts. Whisk with a short tube. Stamens in the amount of 6, filiform, with an elongated anther. Pestle filiform, with tripartite stigma. Ovary spherical, lower.

The fruit is a fleshy rounded berry with black seeds .

Range

All species of the genus are distributed exclusively in South Africa .

One species, white-flowered hemanthus , is often grown as a houseplant.

Taxonomy

2 more subfamilies

22 kinds

Amaryllis family

genus Hemanthus

Asparagus order

subfamily Amaryllis

13 more families
( APG III System )

66 more births

Synonyms

Diacles Salisb. , 1866
Leucodesmis Raf. , 1838
Melicho Salisb., 1866
Perihema Raf., 1838
Serena Raf., 1838

Views

According to The Plant List ^[3] :

Haemanthus albiflos Jacq. , 1797 - White-flowered Hemanthus
Haemanthus amarylloides Jacq., 1804
Haemanthus avasmontanus Dinter , 1923
Haemanthus barkerae Snijman , 1981
Haemanthus canaliculatus Levyns , 1966
Haemanthus carneus Ker Gawl. , 1821
Haemanthus coccineus L., 1753 - Scarlet Hemanthus
Haemanthus crispus Snijman, 1981
Haemanthus dasyphyllus Snijman, 1984
Haemanthus deformis Hook.f. , 1871
Haemanthus graniticus Snijman, 1984
Haemanthus humilis Jacq., 1804
Haemanthus lanceifolius Jacq., 1797
Haemanthus Montanus Baker , 1896
Haemanthus namaquensis RADyer , 1940
Haemanthus nortieri Isaac , 1937
Haemanthus pauculifolius Snijman & AEvan Wyk , 1993
Haemanthus pubescens Lf , 1782
Haemanthus pumilio Jacq., 1797
Haemanthus sanguineus Jacq., 1804
Haemanthus tristis Snijman, 1984
Haemanthus unifoliatus Snijman, 1984

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
↑ Saakov S.G. Greenhouse and indoor plants and their care. - L .: Science, 1983.
↑ Haemanthus (neopr.) . The Plant List. Date of treatment February 19, 2013. Archived March 17, 2013.

Literature

Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons / ed. by U. Eggli. - Springer, 2001 .-- P. 226-227. - 354 p. - ISBN 3-540-41692-7 .

[1] For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .

[2] Saakov S.G. Greenhouse and indoor plants and their care. - L .: Science, 1983.

[3] Haemanthus (neopr.) . The Plant List. Date of treatment February 19, 2013. Archived March 17, 2013.