| Asphodeline | |
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| Asphodeline lutea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asphodeloideae |
| Genus: | Asphodeline Rchb. |
| Type species | |
| Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. | |
| Synonyms | |
Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.
Asphodeline has fleshy roots and fragrant, starry flowers that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4 ft in well-drained soil. Its foliage is blue-green and grassy, with tall, narrow flower spikes. It takes at least three years before newly planted seedlings flower. The yellow flowers always make an interesting addition to the late-spring garden. The individual flowers on the spikes open in a seemingly random order, and do not last long, being replaced quickly by other flowers.
- Species
- Asphodeline anatolica Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline baytopiae Tuzlaci - Turkey, Syria
- Asphodeline brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker - from Greece to Iran
- Asphodeline cilicica Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline damascena (Boiss.) Baker - Turkey, Syria
- Asphodeline globifera J.Gay ex Baker - Turkey, Syria
- Asphodeline liburnica (Scop.) Rchb. - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean
- Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. - from Albania to Turkey
- Asphodeline peshmeniana Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline prismatocarpa J.Gay ex Boiss. - Turkey
- Asphodeline prolifera (M.Bieb.) Kunth - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
- Asphodeline recurva Post - Turkey, Syria, Jordan
- Asphodeline rigidifolia (Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker - Turkey
- Asphodeline sertachiae Tuzlaci - Turkey
- Asphodeline taurica (Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl. - from Albania to Caucasus
- Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
- Asphodeline turcica Tuzlaci - Turkey
References
- ^ The genus Asphodeline was coined by the botanist Ludwig Reichenbach, and originally published in Flora Germanica Excursoria 116. 1830. The type species, described therein from a lectotype, is A. lutea.
"Name - Asphodeline Rchb". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 6, 2010. - ^ "Search for Asphodeline". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asparagales: Asphodeloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25
- Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asphodeline
- Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
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