Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

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Name scientific

Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 99 (1877)

Preferred name

Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

Taxonomy reference

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Allan Herbarium (2022)

Nomenclature

Authors

(L.f.) Baker

Original authors

L.f.

Combination authors

Baker

Publication place

Baker, J.G. 1877: Systema Iridacearum. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 16(2,3): 61–140, 141–180 .

Year published

1877

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Ixia pendula L.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Dierama pendulum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Dierama

Species

pendulum

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Fairy bells

Synonyms

Ixia pendula L.f.

Descriptions

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

Description

Large evergreen clumps. Corm large, globose, tunic fibres splitting into long bristles at top. Stems 1-2 m high, arching, slender, terete. Leaves 45-90 × c. 1 cm, ± stiff, dull olive-green. Panicle with drooping filiform branches to 15 cm long; spathe-valves papery, ± 2 cm long, whitish, speckled with small brown lines. Flowers pinkish-purple, 3-3.5 cm long, 3-4 cm diam., 5-7 alternate, ± 1 cm apart towards extremities of branches. Capsule enclosed in persistent spathe-valves, ± 3.5 mm long Seeds few.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

Historic biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Cultivated

New Zealand

Political Region

Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. (1994)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

New Zealand

Wellington Land District

Metadata

Record id

1f612fba-aa2e-4477-ab41-d5729424534a

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

18 March 2022

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