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]
- Brimeura amethystina (L.) Chouard - Pyrenees
- Brimeura duvigneaudii (L.Llorens) Rosselló, Mus & Mayol - Mallorca
- Brimeura fastigiata (Viv.) Chouard - Mallorca, Menorca, Corsica, Sardinia
| Brimeura | |
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| Brimeura amethystina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Brimeura Salisb.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Brimeura amethystina L.
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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
edit- ^ a b Salisbury & Gray 1866.
- ^ a b c d Goñalons 2014.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ Pfosser et al 2003.
- ^ Stevens 2017.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Brimeura amethystina". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
Bibliography
edit- Pfosser, M.; Wetschnig, W.; Ungar, S.; Prenner, G. (2003). "Phylogenetic relationships among genera of Massonieae (Hyacinthaceae) inferred from plastid DNA and seed morphology". Journal of Plant Research. 116 (2): 115–132. Bibcode:2003JPlR..116..115P. doi:10.1007/s10265-003-0076-8. PMID 12736783. S2CID 7554964.
- Salisbury, Richard Anthony; Gray, J. E. (1866). The Genera of Plants (Unpublished fragment). J. Van Voorst. 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 (eds.). Flora Iberica. Vol 20 (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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