Spatholirion Ridl.

Genus

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, climbing or suberect. Rhizomes absent. Lateral branches penetrating leaf sheaths. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence borne opposite leaf and exserted from mouth of leaf sheath, but not penetrating sheath, a long pedunculate panicle of numerous cincinni; basal cincinnus with a leaflike involucral bract at base, with bisexual flowers, others without involucral bracts, with only male flowers. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals free, boat-shaped, herbaceous, galeate at apex. Petals free, purple or white, broadly linear or oblanceolate. Stamens 6, all fertile, equal; filaments lanate; anther locules parallel, ellipsoid, longitudinally dehiscent. Ovary 3-loculed; ovules 8 per locule. Capsule 3-valved, ovoid, trigonous; seeds 4--8 per valve, polygonal, reticulate; hilum linear.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Spatholirion unspecified picture

Distribution

Spatholirion world distribution map, present in China, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7341-1
WFO ID wfo-4000035901
COL ID 8W3P8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Spatholirion

Lower taxons

Spatholirion elegans Spatholirion longifolium Spatholirion ornatum Spatholirion calcicola Spatholirion decumbens Spatholirion puluongense