Cardiocrinum (Endl.) Lindl.

Genus

Angiosperms > Liliales > Liliaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, bulbiferous. Bulb formed by swollen base of usually deciduous basal leaves; bulbels several, ovoid, covered with tunics. Stem very tall, stout, glabrous. Leaves basal and cauline, petiolate, usually ovate-cordate, reticulate veined. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, several to many flowered; bracts persistent or caducous. Flowers bisexual, tubular-funnelform, large; pedicel rather short. Tepals 6, free, ± connivent. Stamens 6, inserted at base of tepals; filaments flat; anthers dorsifixed, versatile, narrowly ellipsoid. Ovary cylindric, 3-loculed; ovules many per locule. Style elongate; stigma slightly 3-lobed. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds reddish brown, flat, narrowly winged all round.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Germination duration (days) 90 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

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Distribution

Cardiocrinum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:925333-1
WFO ID wfo-4000006679
COL ID 8VVYY
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Synonyms

Cardiocrinum

Lower taxons

Cardiocrinum cordatum Cardiocrinum giganteum Cardiocrinum cathayanum