Brimeura

Brimeura
Brimeura amethystina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Scilloideae
Genus:Brimeura
Salisb.[1][2]
Type species
Brimeura amethystina L.
Synonyms[3]
  • Sarcomphalium Dulac
  • Charistemma Janka

Brimeura is a genus of bulb-forming, monocotyledonous perennial plants.

Description

Brimeura has narrow leaves and bears bluebell-like flowers in Spring.[2][4]

Taxonomy

The genus Brimeura is treated in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, tribe Hyacintheae, subtribe Hyacinthinae.[5][6] It contains the following species[2][3]

  1. Brimeura amethystina (L.) Chouard - Pyrenees
  2. Brimeura duvigneaudii (L.Llorens) Rosselló, Mus & Mayol - Mallorca
  3. Brimeura fastigiata (Viv.) Chouard - Mallorca, Menorca, Corsica, Sardinia

Etymology

Salisbury states that he named the genus in honour of the seventeenth century Netherlandish botanist and horticulturalist, Marie de Brimeu.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The genus is native to southeastern Europe and certain islands of the western Mediterranean.[3]

Cultivation

The species B. amethystina (formerly Hyacinthus amethystina) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Salisbury & Gray 1866.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Goñalons 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  5. ↑ Pfosser et al 2003.
  6. ↑ Stevens 2017.
  7. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 18 June 2013.

Bibliography

  • Pfosser, M.; Wetschnig, W.; Ungar, S.; Prenner, G. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships among genera of Massonieae (Hyacinthaceae) inferred from plastid DNA and seed morphology" (PDF). Journal of Plant Research. 116 (2): 115–132. doi:10.1007/s10265-003-0076-8.
  • Salisbury, Richard Anthony; Gray, J. E. (1866). The Genera of Plants (Unpublished fragment). p. 26. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  • Stevens, P.F. (2017) [2001]. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Hyacinthaceae". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 22 September 2017. (see also Angiosperm Phylogeny Website)
  • "Brimeura". Flora Iberica. Real Jardín Botánico. 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
    • Goñalons, Llorenç Sáez (2014). "Brimeura L.". In Talavera, S; Andrés, C; Arista, M; Fernández Piedra, MP; Rico, E; Crespo, MB; Quintanar, A; Herrero, A; Aedo, C. Flora Iberica. Vol 20 (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Retrieved 22 September 2017.


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