Belamcanda

Adanson

Fam. Pl. 2: 60. 1763.

Common names: Blackberry-lily
Etymology: apparently based on a vernacular name in western India
Synonyms: Gemmingia Kuntze Pardanthus Ker Gawler
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 395. Mentioned on page 17, 350.

Herbs, perennial, from creeping rhizomes. Stems few- to several-branched. Leaves several; blade plane, ensiform. Inflorescences rhipidiate, several-flowered; spathes green, membranous distally. Flowers fleeting, erect, unscented, actinomorphic; tepals erect, basally connate into vestigial tube, light orange to reddish (rarely yellow), with scattered spots of darker pigment, obscurely clawed, ± equal, outer whorl slightly larger than inner; stamens diverging; filaments distinct; anthers diverging, not appressed to style branches; style slender, short, not extending between stamens, branching distally into lobes; lobes 3, flattened, stigmatic distally, stigmatic surfaces each subtended adaxially by paired flaps of tissue. Capsules ovoid-truncate, ± woody, apex obtuse. Seeds several, globose; seed coat blackish. x = 16.

Distribution

Introduced; Asia including Japan, introduced in tropical Asia, the Pacific Islands, and parts of South America.

Discussion

Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).

... more about "Belamcanda"
Peter Goldblatt +
Adanson +
Blackberry-lily +
Asia including Japan +, introduced in tropical Asia +, the Pacific Islands +  and and parts of South America. +
apparently based on a vernacular name in western India +
mathew1990a +
Gemmingia +  and Pardanthus +
Belamcanda +
Iridaceae +