Leopoldia ( lat. Leopoldia ) - a genus of perennial herbaceous bulbous plants of the subfamily Proleskovye family Asparagus .
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The genus is named after the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II , who helped organize the Florence Botanical Museum.
Content
- 1 Botanical Description
- 2 Types
- 3 Gallery
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
Botanical Description
Bulbous plants. Leaves are wide, in a near-surface bunch. The inflorescences are racemose, at the apex of the flowers are sterile, usually painted brighter than prolific. The fruit is in the form of a trihedral box.
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The genus Leopoldia at the end of 2014 includes 13 species [2] :
- Leopoldia bicolor - Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Egypt.
- Leopoldia caucasica - Caucasian Leopoldia - Transcaucasia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Turkey.
- Leopoldia comosa - Crested Leopoldia - a wide range from the Canary Islands and Central Europe to Iran, including the Crimea and the Black Sea steppes. A popular ornamental plant, cultivated varieties. Dishes from his pickled onions are included in the traditional cuisine of Italy, Greece, Iran.
- Leopoldia cycladica - endemic to the Cyclades .
- Leopoldia eburnea - Southern Israel and Egypt.
- Leopoldia ghouschtchiensis is an endemic of Iran, described in 2011.
- Leopoldia gussonei - Sicily and the southern regions of the Apennine peninsula.
- Leopoldia longipes - Long Leopoldia - Eastern Transcaucasia, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula).
- Leopoldia maritima - Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco.
- Leopoldia spreitzenhoferi is an endemic of Crete.
- Leopoldia tenuiflora - Fine - flowered Leopoldia - a wide range from the southern regions of Germany to Iran and Saudi Arabia.
- Leopoldia tijtijensis is an endemic of Iran, described in 2012.
- Leopoldia weissii - the southern islands of the Aegean Sea and the surrounding areas of Turkey.
Earlier species of the genus Leopoldia were included in the genus Muscari .
Gallery
Leopoldia bicolor , Israel
Leopoldia eburnea , Negev desert
Leopoldia gussonei , Sicily
Leopoldia longipes , Negev desert
Leopoldia tenuiflora , Ulyanovsk district of the Kirovohrad region of Ukraine
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 .
- ↑ Leopoldia Parl., Fl. Palerm. 1: 435 (1845), nom. cons. . Kew Gardens. Date of treatment December 7, 2014.
Literature
- Artyushenko Z.T. Decorative herbaceous plants for the open ground of the USSR. In 2 volumes / N.A. Avrorin . - L .: Science, Len. Dep., 1977. - T. 2. - S. 120-122.
- Lozina-Lozinskaya A.S. . Genus 281. Leopoldia - Leopoldia // Flora of the USSR : in 30 tons / chap. ed. V.L. Komarov . - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1935. - T. 4 / ed. volumes V. L. Komarov. - S. 409-411. - 760, XXX p. - 5175 copies.
Links
- Leopoldia : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and an illustrated atlas of species). (Retrieved December 6, 2014)