Olsynium is a genus of summer-dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America. [1][2][3]
| Olsynium | |
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| Olysnium douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes Community Forest Lands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Sisyrinchieae |
| Genus: | Olsynium Raf. |
| Type species | |
| Olsynium grandiflorum (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque
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Description
editHeight is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–11.8 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.
Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring.
Etymology
editThe genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined",[4] referring to the stamens.[5]
Taxonomy
editThe taxon Olsynium was formerly considered as part of the genus Sisyrinchium. The following species are recognised in the genus Olsynium:[1]
- Olsynium acaule (Klatt) Goldblatt - Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina
- Olsynium andinum (Phil.) Ravenna - central Chile, Neuquén Province in Argentina
- Olsynium biflorum (Thunb.) Goldblatt - Santa Cruz + Tierra del Fuego Provinces in southern Argentina
- Olsynium bodenbenderi (Kurtz) Goldblatt - Mendoza Province in Argentina
- Olsynium chrysochromum J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores - central Chile
- Olsynium douglasii (A.Dietr.) E.P.Bicknell - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, extreme northern California, Idaho, northern Nevada, northwestern Utah
- Olsynium filifolium (Gaudich.) Goldblatt - southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
- Olsynium junceum (E.Mey. ex C.Presl) Goldblatt - Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
- Olsynium lyckholmii (Dusén) Goldblatt - central Chile, southern Argentina
- Olsynium nigricans (Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. - Maule Province in Chile
- Olsynium obscurum (Cav.) Goldblatt - southern Chile, Tierra del Fuego Province in Argentina
- Olsynium philippii (Klatt) Goldblatt - central Chile
- Olsynium porphyreum (Kraenzl.) Ravenna - Peru
- Olsynium scirpoideum (Poepp.) Goldblatt - central + northern Chile, Rio Negro Province in Argentina
- Olsynium stoloniferum Ravenna - O'Higgins Province in Chile
- Olsynium trinerve (Baker) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile
- Olsynium villosum Ravenna - Santiago Province in Chile
References
edit- ^ a b c Search for "Olsynium", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-09-22
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia , ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia.
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 219–21. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
- ^ Cholewa, Anita F. & Henderson, Douglass M., Olsynium, retrieved 2012-09-22, in Flora of North Americaial Committee, ed. (1982), Flora of North America (online), eFloras.org
External links
edit- Flora of North America
- Pacific Bulb Society
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.