Baumea

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Baumea
Baumea rubiginosa in cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Baumea
Gaudich.[1]
Species

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Baumea is a genus of the sedge family, which includes around 30 species native to Madagascar and the Pacific Islands, with 15 species in Australia. All are perennial rhizomatous herbs, with leaves and stems very similar in appearance. The inflorescence is terminal, with the flowers tightly clustered or loosely arranged. The fruits are small nuts.[2]

It is closely related to the genus Machaerina,[3] and is sometimes included in that genus.[1]

Habitat and cultivation

Most species occur in open moist habitats; many are found in swamps or seasonally inundated areas. Baumea is propagated from transplants, divisions, or from seeds, which germinate readily if sown on damp organic mix and kept moist until shoots appear.[2]

Selected species

Baumea acuminata Regel
Baumea acuta (Labill.) Palla
Baumea arthrophylla (Nees) Boeck.
Baumea articulata (R.Br.) S.T.Blake
Baumea aspericaulis (Kük.) S.T.Blake
Baumea australis (Nees) S.T.Blake
Baumea brownei Boeck.
Baumea complanata (Berggr.) S.T.Blake
Baumea crassa Thwaites
Baumea deplanchei Boeck.
Baumea disticha (C.B.Clarke) S.T.Blake
Baumea ensifolia (Boeck.) Palla
Baumea ensigera (Hance) S.T.Blake
Baumea falcata Nees
Baumea flexuosa Boeck.
Baumea glomerata Gaudich.
Baumea gunnii (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake
Baumea huttonii (Kirk) S.T.Blake
Baumea iridifolia Boeck.
Baumea johnsonii K.L.Wilson

 

Baumea juncea (R.Br.) Palla
Baumea laxa (Nees) Boeck.
Baumea loculata Boeck.
Baumea longifolia Boeck.
Baumea mariscoides Gaudich.
Baumea meyenii Kunth
Baumea milnei (C.B.Clarke) S.T.Blake
Baumea montana Raynal
Baumea muelleri (C.B.Clarke) S.T.Blake
Baumea nuda (Steud.) S.T.Blake
Baumea planifolia (Benth.) K.L.Wilson
Baumea preissii Nees
Baumea riparia (Nees) Boeck.
Baumea rubiginosa Boeck.
Baumea schoenoides (R.Br.) Boeck.
Baumea tenax (Hook.f.) S.T.Blake
Baumea teretifolia (R.Br.) Palla
Baumea tetragona (Labill.) S.T.Blake
Baumea vaginalis (Benth.) S.T.Blake
Baumea veillonis Raynal
 
List source :[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GRIN (August 30, 1999). "Baumea information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 29, 2010. "Sometimes included in: Machaerina Vahl ... Comment: not homonym of Baumia Engl. & Gilg." 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lord, Tony (2003). Flora : The Gardener's Bible : More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36435-5. 
  3. ↑ "Palynological diversity and major evolutionary trends in Cyperaceae", Plant Systematics and Evolution 277 (1-2), January 2009: 117–142, doi:10.1007/s00606-008-0111-2, ISSN 1615-6110 
  4. ↑ "Query Results for Genus Baumea". IPNI. Retrieved January 29, 2010. 
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