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Lamarck ex Jussieu

Gen. Pl., 41. 1789.

Common names: Flax-lily
Etymology: Latin Diana, Roman sylvan goddess, and - ella, diminutive suffix, alluding to the forest habitat and small stature
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 221. Mentioned on page 57.
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Herbs, perennial, evergreen, scapose, mat-forming, from stout, creeping, scaly rhizomes with fibrous, tuberous roots. Leaves basal, radical, distichous, crowded, sheathing, firm to subcoriaceous; blade linear to broadly ensiform, basal sheaths connate into short tubes, margins entire or serrulate, apex obtuse. Scape elongate, 0.5–1 m. Inflorescences paniculate, loosely branching with short, terminal racemes, bracteate; bracts small. Flowers nodding to ascending; tepals 6, persistent, withering, distinct, subequal, narrowly oblong to ovate, 3–7-veined; stamens 6, distinct; filaments barely adnate to tepal bases, thickened distally; anthers basifixed, dehiscence extrorse, opening by terminal pores that become longitudinal slits; ovary superior, 3-locular, septal nectaries present; style filiform; stigma minute, capitate; pedicel slender, articulate distally. Fruits rather long-persistent, baccate, blue to bluish purple, ovoid-globose. Seeds black, lustrous, ovate, somewhat flattened. x = 8.

Distribution

Introduced; tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and Polynesia.

Discussion

Species 12–20 (1 in the flora).

Lower Taxa

... more about "Dianella"
Frederick H. Utech +
Lamarck ex Jussieu +
Flax-lily +
tropical Africa +, Asia +, Australia +  and and Polynesia. +
Latin Diana, Roman sylvan goddess, and - ella, diminutive suffix, alluding to the forest habitat and small stature +
schlittler1940a +, schlittler1948a +  and schlittler1957a +
Dianella +
Liliaceae +