Streptopus is a Eurasian and North American genus of flowering plants in the lily family, found primarily in colder and temperate regions.[2] Members of the genus are often referred to as twistedstalk.[3] It is one of the shade-loving genera of the lily family.[4]
| Streptopus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Streptopus lanceolatus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Streptopoideae |
| Genus: | Streptopus Michx. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Streptopus spp. are perennial herbs spreading by means of underground rhizomes. They generally produce flowers only one or two at a time, these being often small and hidden beneath the leaves and white, greenish-yellow or rose in colour.[2]
Etymology
editThe genus name is a compound of the Greek adjective στρεπτός (streptos) "twisted" and the noun πούς (pous) "foot" in reference to the twisted or geniculate peduncle, as referenced in the English name given above.
Species
edit- Streptopus amplexifolius - central + southern Europe, Russian Far East, Canada including Arctic territories, Greenland, United States (Alaska, Great Lakes + mountains)
- Streptopus chatterjeeanus - Sikkim
- Streptopus koreanus - Korea, China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning)
- Streptopus lanceolatus - Canada, United States (Alaska, Great Lakes, Appalachians, Cascades)
- Streptopus obtusatus - China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan)
- Streptopus ovalis - China (Liaoning), Korea
- Streptopus parasimplex - Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan
- Streptopus parviflorus - China (Sichuan, Yunnan)
- Streptopus simplex - Tibet, Yunnan Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim, northern + eastern India
- Streptopus streptopoides - Siberia, Russian Far East, Hokkaido, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia), United States (Alaska, Washington, Oregon, northern Idaho)
References
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Streptopus.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Utech, Frederick H. (2002). "Streptopus". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ NRCS. "Streptopus". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Streptopus". Pacific Bulb Society Wiki.
- ^ "Streptopus". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Chen, Xinqi; Tamura, Minoru N. "Streptopus". Flora of China. Vol. 24 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Genere Streptopus" [Genus Streptopus]. Altervista Flora Italiana.