Trimezia fosteriana

Trimezia fosteriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Trimezia
Species: T. fosteriana
Binomial name
Trimezia fosteriana

Trimezia fosteriana is a species of bulbous plant in the family Iridaceae. Due to attractive aspect of its leaves and exuberant and delicate yellow flowers, is widely used in cities with ornamental purposes and gardening, in South America.[1] This species is easily confused with Neomarica longifolia, due to the similarity of its yellow flowers. However, Neomarica is distinct from Trimezia by the presence of a flattened (leaf-like) flower stem.[2]

Distribution

Native of Venezuela and the Caribbean, this species is widely cultivated through the world, due to cold tolerance, although a tropical climate.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Lorenzi, Harri. 2001. Plantas ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras. 3ª Edição. Nova Odessa, SP: Instituto Plantarum. [in Portuguese]
  2. ↑ Capellari Jr., Lindolpho. 2000. Revisão Taxonômica do Gênero Neomarica Sprague (Tribo Mariceae, Subfamília Iridoideae, Iridaceae). Tese de Doutorado. Universidade de Campinas. [in Portuguese].
  3. ↑ Lorenzi, Harri. 2001. Plantas ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras. 3ª Edição. Nova Odessa, SP: Instituto Plantarum. [in Portuguese]


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