Olsynium
New Fl. 1: 72. 1836.
Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
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Milla biflora Libertia formosa Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum | Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |
Herbs, perennial, strongly cespitose, rootstock indistinct. Stems simple, terete. Leaves 2–4, cauline, alternate, reduced basally; blade basally clasping or terete. Inflorescences rhipidiate, 1–5-flowered; spathes 2, green, leaflike, unequal, apex acute or, rarely, obtuse. Flowers not fragrant, actinomorphic; tepals distinct, reddish purple to magenta, occasionally pink or white, not clawed, ± equal; stamens symmetrically arranged; filaments connate to 1/2 their length; anthers parallel, not appressed to style-branches; style-branches 3, filiform, short, extending between anthers. Capsules globose to obovoid or broadly turbinate, ± smooth to distended around seeds, apex broadly rounded, basal 0.2 mm of styles sometimes persistent. Seeds many, obconic, angular; seed-coat brown, coarsely rugulose. x = 32.
Distribution
North America, South America
Discussion
Species 12 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"/2" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.