Orlaya

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Orlaya
Orlaya grandiflora Sturm34.jpg
Orlaya grandiflora
Illustration by Johann Georg Sturm,
in his Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Scandiceae
Subtribe: Daucinae
Genus: Orlaya
Hoffm.
Orlaya grandiflora - MHNT Orlaya grandiflora MHNT.BOT.2012.10.25.JPG
Orlaya grandiflora - MHNT

Orlaya is a genus of flowering plants from Europe in the family Apiaceae, with between 1 and 11 species. [1] They are annuals with finely-divided leaves, and umbels of lacy pink or white flowers. O. grandiflora, white laceflower, is well-known and widely cultivated as an ornamental in the UK and elsewhere. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2] [3]

The following species are currently accepted:- [1]

Etymology

The namesake of this genus is Johann Orlay, a Hungarian-Russian surgeon who lived from 1770 to 1829. It was the German botanist Georg Franz Hoffmann who dedicated the name Orlaya to Johann Orlay in 1814.

References

  1. 1 2 "Orlaya". The Plant List. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. "RHS Plantfinder - Orlaya grandiflora" . Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 70. Retrieved 14 April 2018.