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Lachenalia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Lachenalia

|image = Lachenalia flava (12192131254).jpg

|image_caption = Lachenalia flava

|authority = J.Jacq.

|type_species = Lachenalia aloides

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms=*Dipcadioides Medik.

  • Polyanthes Jacq.
  • Coelanthus Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes
  • Triallosia Raf.
  • Periboea Kunth
  • Polyxena Kunth
  • Orchiastrum Lem. 1855, illegitimate homonym, not Ség. 1754
  • Scillopsis Lem.
  • Chloriza Salisb.
  • Himas Salisb.
  • Manlilia Salisb.
  • Monoestes Salisb.
  • Orchiops Salisb.
  • Platyestes Salisb.
  • Sugillaria Salisb.
  • Brachyscypha Baker

}}

Lachenalia is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae,{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Hyacinthaceae }} which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.

Lachenalia is named after the Swiss botanist Werner de Lachenal (1736-1800).Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen {{ISBN|3-7643-0755-2}} Species are sometimes known as Cape cowslip, though they are not even somewhat related to the true cowslip Primula veris.

Species

{{As of|2022|December}}, the Plants of the World Online accepted 136 species:Search for "Lachenalia", {{Citation |title=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90642-3 |access-date=2022-12-08 }}

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In addition, Lachenalia nordenstamii W.F.Barker was listed as "threatened" in the 2006 IUCN Red List,{{Citation |last1=Craven |first1=P. |last2=Loots |first2=S. |year=2004| title=Lachenalia nordenstamii |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/46740/all |publisher= IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] |access-date=22 August 2007}} but {{As of|lc=yes|2012|December}} the name was not accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

Cultivation

Several species are cultivated as garden plants. The following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 57 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

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  • Lachenalia 'Rupert'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/208324/i-Lachenalia-i-Rupert-(African-Beauty-Series)/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia 'Rupert' | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia bulbifera 'George'{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/75472/i-Lachenalia-bulbifera-i-George/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia bulbifera 'George' | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia contaminata{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/86707/i-Lachenalia-contaminata-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia contaminata | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia corymbosa{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/327527/i-Lachenalia-corymbosa-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia corymbosa | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia flava{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/339578/i-Lachenalia-flava-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia flava | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia pustulata{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/33982/i-Lachenalia-pustulata-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia pustulata | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia quadricolor{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/339580/i-Lachenalia-quadricolor-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia quadricolor | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia vanzyliae{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/339583/i-Lachenalia-vanzyliae-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder -Lachenalia vanzyliae | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

  • Lachenalia viridiflora{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/107869/i-Lachenalia-viridiflora-i/Details

| title = RHS Plantfinder - Lachenalia viridiflora | access-date = 17 March 2018}}

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Gallery

Image:Lachenalia aloides KirstenboschBotGard09292010A.jpg|Lachenalia aloides, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

Image:Lachenalia bulbifera, habitus, Kirstenbosch NBT.jpg|Lachenalia bulbifera, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

Image:Lachenalia corymbosa at Harlow Carr.jpg|Lachenalia corymbosa, Harlow Carr

Image:Lachenalia liliflora1a.UME.jpg|Lachenalia liliflora

Image:Polyxena longituba1.jpg|Lachenalia longituba

Image:Lachenalia maughanii00.jpg|Lachenalia maughanii, Nieuwoudtville, South Africa

Image:Lachenalia orchioides (hyacinthaceae).JPG|Lachenalia orchioides

Image:Lachenalia pustulata 1.jpg|Lachenalia pustulata

Image:Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor (3).jpg|Lachenalia quadricolor

Image:Lachenalia zeyheri KirstenboschBotGard09292010A.JPG|Lachenalia zeyheri, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden

References

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Bibliography

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  • {{cite book|editor1-last=Anderson|editor1-first=Neil O.|title=Flower breeding and genetics: issues, challenges and opportunities for the 21st century|date=2007|publisher=Springer|location=Dordrecht|isbn=9781402065699|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHiAe-kS92AC}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Barker|first1=Winsome F.|title=Five more new species of Lachenalia (Liliaceae — Hyacinthoideae) four from the Cape Province and one from southern South West Africa/Namibia|journal=South African Journal of Botany|date=April 1987|volume=53|issue=2|pages=166–172|doi=10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31453-3|doi-access=free}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Duncan|first1=G. D.|last2=Edwards|first2=T. J.|author-link=Graham Duncan (botanist)|title=Three new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae: Massonieae) from Western and Northern Cape, South Africa|journal=Bothalia|date=15 December 2006|volume=36|issue=2|pages=147–155|doi=10.4102/abc.v36i2.353|doi-access=free}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Duncan|first1=Graham|last2=Helme|first2=Nick A.|author-link=Graham Duncan (botanist)|title=Lachenalia arenicola (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae), a new species from western South Africa|journal=Phytotaxa|date=4 December 2014|volume=186|issue=5|pages=297–300|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.186.5.8|url=http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2014/f/p00186p300f.pdf}}
  • {{AfricanPlants|Lachenalia}}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Duncan|first1=G.|author-link=Graham Duncan (botanist)|title=Five new species of Lachenalia (Hyacinthaceae) from arid areas of Namibia and South Africa|journal=Bothalia|date=15 December 1998|volume=28|issue=2|pages=131–139|doi=10.4102/abc.v28i2.630|doi-access=free}}

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External links

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{{Wikispecies}}

  • [http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php?pagename=Lachenalia Pacific Bulb Society: Lachenalia]

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Category:Asparagaceae genera

Category:Flora of Southern Africa