Olsynium

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Olsynium
Olsynium douglasii 37688.JPG
Olysnium douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes Community Forest Lands
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Sisyrinchieae
Genus: Olsynium
Raf.
Type species
Olsynium grandiflorum
(Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque
Synonyms [1]
  • PhaiophlepsRaf.
  • SymphyostemonMiers
  • PsithyrismaHerb.
  • ChamelumPhil.
  • OnaRavenna

Olsynium is a genus of summer-dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America. [1] [2] [3]

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Description

Height is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–11.8 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.

Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring.

Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined", [4] referring to the stamens. [5]

Taxonomy

The taxon Olsynium was formerly considered as part of the genus Sisyrinchium . The following species are recognised in the genus Olsynium: [1]

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<i>Olsynium junceum</i> Species of flowering plant

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  1. Olsynium junceum subsp. colchaguense(Phil.) J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores - central Chile
  2. Olsynium junceum subsp. depauperatum(Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic - southern Chile
  3. Olsynium junceum subsp. junceum - Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, northern + central Chile

References

  1. 1 2 3 Search for "Olsynium", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2012-09-22
  2. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  3. Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia , ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia.
  4. Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 219–21. ISBN   0-88192-897-6.
  5. Cholewa, Anita F. & Henderson, Douglass M., Olsynium , retrieved 2012-09-22, in Flora of North Americaial Committee, ed. (1982), Flora of North America (online), eFloras.org