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|accepted_name=Belamcanda
|accepted_authority=Adanson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Pl.
|place=2: 60. 1763
|year=1763
}}
|common_names=Blackberry-lily
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Gemmingia
|authority=Kuntze
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pardanthus
|authority=Ker Gawler
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Belamcanda
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Belamcanda]]</div></div>
|etymology=apparently based on a vernacular name in western India
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 17, 350
|treatment_page=page 395
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;rhizome growth form or orientation"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from creeping rhizomes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem quantity;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>few to several-branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>several;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape">blade plane, ensiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>rhipidiate, several-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spathe coloration;spathe texture">spathes green, membranous distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower duration;flower orientation;flower odor;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>fleeting, erect, unscented, actinomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal orientation;tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal size;tube prominence;spot arrangement;spot size;outer whorl coloration;outer whorl shape;outer whorl variability">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;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen orientation">stamens diverging;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther orientation;anther fixation or orientation">anthers diverging, not appressed to style-branches;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="style size;style height or length or size;style architecture">style slender, short, not extending between stamens, branching distally into lobes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="lobe quantity;lobe shape;lobe structure in adjective form;flap arrangement">lobes 3, flattened, stigmatic distally, stigmatic surfaces each subtended adaxially by paired flaps of tissue.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="capsule architecture or shape;capsule texture;apex shape"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid-truncate, ± woody, apex obtuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>several, globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">seed-coat blackish.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;x chromosome quantity">x = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=Asia including Japan;in tropical Asia;the Pacific Islands;and parts of South America
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 1 or 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Belamcanda
|author=Peter Goldblatt
|authority=Adanson
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Gemmingia;Pardanthus
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|distribution=Asia including Japan;in tropical Asia;the Pacific Islands;and parts of South America
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Pl.
|publication year=1763
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_811.xml
|genus=Belamcanda
|anther fixation or orientation=not appressed
|anther orientation=diverging
|apex shape=obtuse
|blade shape=ensiform;plane
|capsule architecture or shape=ovoid-truncate
|capsule texture=woody
|filament fusion=distinct
|flap arrangement=paired
|flower architecture=actinomorphic
|flower duration=fleeting
|flower odor=unscented
|flower orientation=erect
|inflorescence architecture=several-flowered;rhipidiate
|leaf quantity=several
|lobe quantity=3
|lobe shape=flattened
|lobe structure in adjective form=stigmatic
|outer whorl coloration=darker pigment
|outer whorl shape=clawed
|outer whorl variability=equal
|rhizome growth form or orientation=creeping
|seed quantity=several
|seed shape=globose
|seed-coat coloration=blackish
|spathe coloration=green
|spathe texture=membranous
|spot arrangement=scattered
|spot size=of darker pigment , obscurely clawed , more or less equal , outer whorl slightly larger
|stamen orientation=diverging
|stem architecture=several-branched
|stem quantity=few
|style architecture=not branching
|style height or length or size=short
|style size=slender
|tepal coloration=light orange;reddish
|tepal fusion=connate
|tepal orientation=erect
|tepal size=of darker pigment , obscurely clawed , more or less equal , outer whorl slightly larger
|tube prominence=vestigial
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=16
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