Ornithoglossum

Ornithoglossum
Ornithoglossum viride[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Ornithoglossum
Salisb.
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Lichtensteinia Willd.
  • Cymation Spreng.
  • Cymatium Spreng.

Ornithoglossum is a genus of plants native to southern Africa, some of which are widely cultivated as ornamentals. Nine species are currently (April 2014) recognized:[2][3]


References

  1. Sydenham Edwards. 1807. Curtis's Botanical Magazine v.25-26
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Ornithoglossum
  3. Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1806. Paradisus Londonensis : or Coloured Figures of Plants Cultivated in the Vicinity of the Metropolis, t. 54. Ornithoglossum

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