Bessera elegans, also known by the common name coral drops, is a cormous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, from Mexico.[9]
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| Bessera elegans 1839 (Artist: Sarah Ann Drake)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Bessera |
| Species: | B. elegans
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| Bessera elegans | |
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Description
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editNative to central and southern Mexico, B. elegans is also cultivated as an ornamental.[9]
Gallery
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B. elegans inflorescence. -
B. elegans flower detail.
References
edit- ^ Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 34 (1839). sulivanica
- ^ Schult. f. Linnaea 4: 121 1829
- ^ a b Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 316. 1841
- ^ Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index: 147. 1854
- ^ R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 694. 1839
- ^ L.B.Van Houtte, Fl. Serres 4: t. 424. 1848
- ^ M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 14. 1842
- ^ Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1546. 1832
- ^ a b c d e Rhs.org.uk. (2020). Bessera elegans | RHS Gardening. [online] Available at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/24712/Bessera-elegans/Details [Accessed 16 Feb. 2020].
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