Dionysia (plant)

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Dionysia
Dionysia involucrata.JPG
Dionysia involucrata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Subfamily: Primuloideae
Genus: Dionysia
Fenzl
Type species
Dionysia odora
Dionysia heat relief.svg
Distribution map with Iran in the center.
Synonyms

MacrosyphoniaDuby 1844

Some species of Dionysia at Gothenburg Botanical Garden. Dionysia collection at Gothenburg Botanical Garden 2015 002.JPG
Some species of Dionysia at Gothenburg Botanical Garden.

Dionysia is a genus containing 61 species of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They are small, cushion-forming alpines native to mountains of Iran, Iraq, Turkey, sauth Turkmenistan, northwestern Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and parts of Oman. They are usually evergreen perennials with felted leaves, covered with bright yellow or pink, five-petalled flowers in spring. [1] They are often difficult to cultivate if the correct conditions are not provided. [2]

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Most species of Dionysia are cushion plants that grow in dry mountain environments, but some species are taller and prefer moist environments. [3] In many species, the leaves are covered with an aromatic wax. The leaves are very drought resistant in some species and are reinforced with stone cells (sclerids) either around the nerves or freely in the leaf tissue. These species blooms profusely in early spring with yellow, purple, violet or pink flowers, often being completely covered by the flowers. The range of most Dionysia species is small and confined to one ridge, mountain or its slope. The disappearance of species from their habitats is associated with the construction of roads, as well as with the collection of plants by collectors for planting in alpine slides and The number of species also decreases due to grazing. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Species

Species include: [8]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Dionysia afghanica GotBot 2015 002.jpg Dionysia afghanica Grey-Wilson
Dionysia archibaldii 'Tora' GotBot 2015 01.jpg Dionysia archibaldii Wendelbo
Dionysia aretioides 'Bevere' 2.JPG Dionysia aretioides (Lehm.) Boiss.
Dionysia assadii.2.jpg Dionysia assadii Borjian
Dionysia aubrietioides Jamzad & Mozaff.
Dionysia avia Mehregan, Younesi & Lidén
Dionysia bachtiarica Bornm. & Alex.
Dionysia balsamea GotBot 2015 002.JPG Dionysia balsamea Wendelbo & Rech.f.
Dionysia bazoftica Jamzad
Dionysia bornmuelleri 'klon 1' GotBot 2015.jpg Dionysia bornmuelleri (Pax) Clay
Dionysia bryoides T4Z 85.jpg Dionysia bryoides Boiss.
Dionysia caespitosa 001 GotBot 2016.jpg Dionysia cespitosa (Duby) Boiss.
Dionysia cristagalli 001 GotBot 2016.jpg Dionysia cristagalli Lidén
Dionysia curviflora GotBot 2015 03.jpg Dionysia curviflora Bunge
Dionysia denticulata GotBot 2015 02.jpg Dionysia denticulata Wendelbo
Dionysia diapensiifolia 001 GotBot 2016.jpg Dionysia diapensiifolia Boiss.
Dionysia esfandiarii GotBot 2015 005.JPG Dionysia esfandiarii Wendelbo
Dionysia freitagii 'Onsdagii' GotBot 2015.JPG Dionysia freitagii Wendelbo
Dionysia gandzhinae Kamelin
Dionysia gaubae var. Megalantha GotBot 2015.jpg Dionysia gaubae Bornm.
Dionysia haussknechtii GotBot 2015 01.jpg Dionysia haussknechtii Bornm. & Strauss
Dionysia hedgei Wendelbo
Dionysia hissarica Lipsky
Dionysia involucrata.JPG Dionysia involucrata Zapriag.
Dionysia iranica 'Klon 1' GotBot 2015 02.jpg Dionysia iranica Jamzad
Dionysia iranshahrii GotBot 2015 02.jpg Dionysia iranshahrii Wendelbo
Dionysia jamzadiae Lidén, M.Irvine, Alvén & Mehregan
Dionysia janthina 'Dolly' GotBot 2015 01.jpg Dionysia janthina Bornm.
Dionysia khatamii GotBot 2015 04.JPG Dionysia khatamii Mozaff.
IMG 0475-Dionysia khuzistanica.jpg Dionysia khuzistanica Jamzad
Dionysia kossinskyi Czerniak.
Dionysia × kowsariana Zeraatkar & Khajoei
Dionysia lacei (Hemsl. & G.Watt) Clay
Dionysia lamingtonii 001 GotBot 2016.jpg Dionysia lamingtonii Stapf
Dionysia leucotricha GotBot 2015 003.jpg Dionysia leucotricha Bornm.
Dionysia lindbergii Wendelbo
Dionysia aubrietioides GotBot 2015 01.jpg Dionysia lurorum Wendelbo
Dionysia michauxii 'Klon 9'GotBot 2015 002.JPG Dionysia michauxii (Duby) Boiss.
Dionysia microphylla GotBot 2015 002.JPG Dionysia microphylla Wendelbo
Dionysia mira (Jaub. & Spach) Wendelbo
Dionysia mozaffarianii GotBot 2015 02.jpg Dionysia mozaffarianii Lidén
Dionysia odora GotBot 2015 001.jpg Dionysia odora Fenzl
Dionysia oreodoxa 3 2001-2117.JPG Dionysia oreodoxa Bornm.
Dionysia paradoxa GotBot 2015 03.jpg Dionysia paradoxa Wendelbo
Dionysia revoluta 001 GotBot 2016.jpg Dionysia revoluta Boiss.
Dionysia rhaptodes GotBot 2015.JPG Dionysia rhaptodes Bunge
Dionysia robusta 2016 002.jpg Dionysia robusta Younesi
Dionysia saponacea Wendelbo & Rech.f.
Dionysia sarvestanica GotBot 2015 003.JPG Dionysia sarvestanica Jamzad & Grey-Wilson
Dionysia splendens Alipour, Mehregan & Lidén
Dionysia tacamahaca GotBot 2015 003.JPG Dionysia tacamahaca Lidén
Dionysia tapetodes 3.JPG Dionysia tapetodes Bunge
Dionysia termeana GotBot 2015 004.JPG Dionysia termeana Wendelbo
Dionysia teucrioides GotBot 2015 001.jpg Dionysia teucrioides P.H.Davis & Wendelbo
Dionysia viscidula.jpg Dionysia viscidula Wendelbo
Dionysia viva GotBot 2015 03.jpg Dionysia viva Lidén & Zetterl.
Dionysia wendelboi Podlech
Dionysia zagrica GotBot 2015 05.JPG Dionysia zagrica Grey-Wilson
Dionysia zetterlundii GotBot 2015 01.jpg Dionysia zetterlundii Lidén
Dionysia zeynepiae Güzel
Dionysia zschummelii T4Z 166 Iran 31-20.jpg Dionysia zschummelii Lidén


Dionysia aretioides, with yellow flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [9] [10]

References

  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   978-1405332965.
  2. "Dionysia - flowering cushions in the Alpine House | Kew Blogs". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-02-13.
  3. Grey-Wilson, Christopher (1989). The genus Dionysia. Alpine Garden Society. Kew: Alpine Garden Society. ISBN   978-0-900048-51-7.
  4. TRIFT, I.; ANDERBERG, A. A. (2006-08-04). "FOLIAR SCLEREIDS IN DIONYSIA (PRIMULACEAE) FROM A PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVE". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 63 (1): 21–48. doi: 10.1017/s096042860600045x . ISSN   1474-0036.
  5. TRIFT, I.; ANDERBERG, A. A. (2006-08-04). "FOLIAR SCLEREIDS IN DIONYSIA (PRIMULACEAE) FROM A PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVE". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 63 (1): 21–48. doi: 10.1017/s096042860600045x . ISSN   1474-0036.
  6. Lidén, Magnus (2007-08-31). "The genus Dionysia (Primulaceae), a synopsis and five new species". Willdenowia. 37 (1): 37. doi:10.3372/wi.37.37102. ISSN   0511-9618.
  7. "Dionysia — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  8. "Dionysia Fenzl". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  9. "RHS Plant Selector - Dionysia aretioides" . Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  10. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 29. Retrieved 6 February 2018.