View source for Freesia ← Freesia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Freesia |accepted_authority=Ecklon ex Klatt |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Linnaea |place=34: 672. 1866 |year=1866 }} |common_names=Freesia |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Anomatheca |authority=Ker Gawler |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Iridaceae;Freesia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Freesia]]</div></div> |etymology=for F. H. T. Freese, d. 1876, student of C. F. Ecklon, 1795–1868, who first used the name (as Freesea), although in a different sense |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 349 |treatment_page=page 405 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from corms.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="corm architecture;corm shape;corm diameter"><b>Corms </b>tunicate, conic, ca. 10 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="tunic texture">tunics fibrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="fiber width;fiber coloration;fiber architecture or coloration or relief">fibers fine, pale, reticulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>simple or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="leaf quantity;leaf growth form or orientation"><b>Leaves </b>several, sometimes prostrate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape">blade plane, lanceolate [ensiform or oblong].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence shape;inflorescence orientation;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>spicate, secund, usually strongly flexed basally, ± horizontal, several–many-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract coloration;bract texture;bract texture">bract green [pale straw colored], coriaceous or membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower odor;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>often strongly fragrant, zygomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal size;outer whorl size">tepals connate into tube, mostly white or yellow, sometimes pink or red, subequal, outer whorl slightly larger than inner;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="perianth-tube shape;perianth-tube shape;perianth-tube height or length or size;perianth-tube length or size;perianth-tube size;perianth-tube shape;tube size or length">perianth-tube cylindric or funnel-shaped, short or long proximally, abruptly expanded into short to long tube or flared distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen arrangement;stamen architecture or orientation or position">stamens asymmetrically disposed, unilateral;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther arrangement">anthers usually parallel;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="style orientation;branch quantity;branch shape">style arching over filaments, dividing into 3 filiform branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule relief"><b>Capsules </b>irregularly globose, usually rugose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>several per locule, globose, without wings;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="">seed-coat light to dark-brown, hard, shiny.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;seed-coat texture;seed-coat reflectance;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=South Africa |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 15 (2 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Critical phylogenetic study has shown Freesia to be nested in Anomatheca, and the two genera have been united.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Perianth hypocrateriform; tepals pink to red with dark red markings on lower 3 tepals; tube cylindric throughout. |[[Freesia laxa|Freesia laxa]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Perianth funnel-shaped; tepals predominantly white, sometimes with yellow markings on lower tepals, tepals and tube lightly flushed with purple abaxially; distal part of tube longer than basal part, very gradually flared. |[[Freesia alba|Freesia alba]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Freesia |author=Peter Goldblatt |authority=Ecklon ex Klatt |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Anomatheca |basionyms= |family=Iridaceae |distribution=South Africa |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Linnaea |publication year=1866 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_833.xml |genus=Freesia |anther arrangement=parallel |blade shape=lanceolate;plane |bract coloration=green |bract texture=membranous;coriaceous |branch quantity=3 |branch shape=filiform |capsule relief=rugose |capsule shape=globose |corm architecture=tunicate |corm diameter=10 |corm shape=conic |fiber architecture or coloration or relief=reticulate |fiber coloration=pale |fiber width=fine |flower architecture=zygomorphic |flower odor=fragrant |inflorescence architecture=several-many-flowered;secund;spicate |inflorescence orientation=horizontal |inflorescence shape=flexed |leaf growth form or orientation=prostrate |leaf quantity=several |outer whorl size=slightly larger |perianth-tube height or length or size=short |perianth-tube length or size=long |perianth-tube shape=flared;funnel--shaped;cylindric |perianth-tube size=expanded |seed quantity=several |seed shape=globose |seed-coat coloration=light;dark-brown |seed-coat reflectance=shiny |seed-coat texture=hard |stamen architecture or orientation or position=unilateral |stamen arrangement=disposed |stem architecture=branched;simple |style orientation=arching |tepal coloration=red;pink;yellow;white |tepal fusion=connate |tepal size=subequal |tube size or length=short to long |tunic texture=fibrous |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Iridaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Iridaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Freesia.