Daubenya

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Daubenya
Daubenya aurea var coccinea2.jpg
Daubenya ?marginata in cultivation in Japan
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Daubenya
Lindl. [1]
Type species
Daubenya aurea
Synonyms
  • AndrosiphonSchltr.,1924
  • NeobakeriaSchltr., 1924
  • AmphisiphonW.H.Baker, 1936

Daubenya is a genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae (also treated as the family Hyacinthaceae). [2] It is native to the Cape Province of South Africa. [1]

Contents

At first believed to consist of a single species, Daubenya aurea, the genus was expanded in 2000 to include the genera Androsiphon and Amphisiphon and various species that had previously been classified as Polyxena , Massonia , or Neobakeria . "The poor congruence between morphological and other characters within Hyacinthaceae has also made generic circumscriptions very difficult. One of the consequences of this has been the recognition of a large number of genera that are poorly defined morphologically."- (Speta 1998)

Description

Species of Daubenya grow from bulbs covered with a brownish tunic. Each bulb produces only two leaves, which appear with the flowers and normally spread out along the ground on either side. The inflorescence is a raceme, usually very condensed and close to the ground. Individual flowers are white, pink, yellow or red, sometimes with the tepals furthest from the flowering stem (i.e. on the outside of the inflorescence) larger than the others. The tepals are fused at the base forming a distinct tube. The stamens arise from the mouth of this tube, and are often very prominent. The more or less globe-shaped black seeds are produced inside a papery capsule. [3] [4]

Species are variously pollinated by bees, butterflies, moths, the monkey beetle Lepisia glenlyonensis [5] and sunbirds. [6] The water-retaining nature of doleritic clays ensures their remaining moist for longer than clays formed from shales of the Karoo series. Exceptionally, D. namaquensisis, is found in deep red sands and D. zeyheri in calcareous coastal sands.

There is no formal conservation policy for Daubenya species and their future prospects remain bleak. Cultivated bulbs of D. aurea are on offer at commercial nurseries, though all the species are worthy of cultivation for their bright and often fragrant flowers. [7]

Species

As of March 2013, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized eight species: [8] All but D. aurea were transferred to the genus Daubenya during revisions of the South African members of the Scilloideae in early 2000s; they were previously placed in Androsiphon, Amphisiphon, Polyxena, Massonia, or Neobakeria. [9]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Daubenya alba 15432154.jpg Daubenya alba A.M.van der MerweNorthern Cape Province.
Daubenya aurea 15458803.jpg Daubenya aurea Lindl.South Africa
Daubenya capensis 94292202.jpg Daubenya capensis (Schltr.) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning (syn. Androsiphon capensisSchltr.)northwest Cape
Daubenya comata (Burch. ex Baker) J.C.Manning & A.M.van der Merwe (syn. Massonia comataBurch. ex Baker)Free State, Northern Cape and the North Eastern parts of Western Cape
Daubenya aff. marginata-2.jpg Daubenya marginata (Willd. ex Kunth) J.C.Manning & A.M.van der Merwe (syn. Massonia marginataWilld. ex Kunth)northwest Cape.
Daubenya namaquensis (Schltr.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (syn. Neobakeria namaquensisSchltr.)Namaqualand.
Daubenya stylosa 43525364.jpg Daubenya stylosa (W.H.Baker) A.M.van der Merwe & J.C.Manning (syn. Amphisiphon stylosusW.H.Baker)Bokkeveld Plateau.
Daubenya zeyheri00.jpg Daubenya zeyheri (Kunth) J.C.Manning & A.M.van der Merwe (syn. Massonia zeyheriKunth)South Western Cape.

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