Lachnanthes Elliott

Lachnanthes (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Haemodoraceae

Characteristics

Rhizomes reddish, roots fibrous. Stems erect; sap red. Leaves mostly basal, some cauline, reduced; blade linear-ensiform. Inflorescences: bracts conspicuous, subtending each flower. Flowers: tepals glabrous adaxially; stamens 3, longer than tepals; ovary inferior, 3-locular; ovules ca. 6 per locule, arranged around margin of peltate, stipitate, axile placenta. Capsules 3-lobed. Seeds discoid, peltate, few per locule.
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Perianth 6-parted to the top of the ovary, narrowly campanulate, its segments nearly erect, persistent in fr, the sep shorter and narrower than the pet; stamens 3, exsert, erect, attached to the base of the pet; anthers contorted when dry; ovary wholly inferior; fr subglobose; seeds few in each locule, rounded or quadrate, flat, attached at the middle; sap red. Monotypic.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

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Distribution

Lachnanthes world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Cuba, Georgia, Malaysia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331221-2
WFO ID wfo-4000020360
COL ID 8VYP3
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Synonyms

Camderia Lachnanthes

Lower taxons

Lachnanthes caroliniana