Brimeura

Brimeura
Brimeura amethystina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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. They have narrow leaves and bear bluebell-like flowers in Spring.[2][4] Brimeura is treated in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, tribe Hyacintheae, subtribe Hyacinthinae.[5][6] It contains the following species[2][3]

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

The genus is native to southeastern Europe and certain islands of the western Mediterranean.[3] The species B. amethystina (formerly Hyacinthus amethystina) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Salisbury & Gray 1866.
  2. ^ a b c d Goñalons 2014.
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  5. ^ Pfosser et al 2003.
  6. ^ Stevens 2017.
  7. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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