- Family: Iridaceae Juss.
Freesia Eckl. ex Klatt
[FTEA]
Iridaceae, Peter Goldblatt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1996
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennials with corms with fibrous tunics
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves several, the lower 1-2 entirely sheathing (cataphylls); foliage leaves plane, firm or soft-textured
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a spike, usually flexed at the base; bracts herbaceous to coriaceous, the inner shorter than the outer, often brown at apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers zygomorphic, shades of pink to red, or whitish usually with contrasting darker markings on the lower 3 tepals; perianth-tube well developed, either slender and cylindric throughout or narrowly campanulate; tepals subequal or the upper larger and erect and the 3 lower inclined to horizontal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens unilateral and arcuate, filaments usually mostly included; anthers parallel and contiguous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary globose-oblong; style exserted, the branches filiform, each deeply divided and recurved
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules globose, coriaceous, usually papillate to rugose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds few-many per locule, oblong to globose, glossy, smooth or ruminate.
[FZ]
Iridaceae, P. Goldblatt. Flora Zambesiaca 12:4. 1993
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herbs with corms, aerial parts dying back annually; corms with fibrous tunics.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves several, the lower 1–2, entirely sheathing (cataphylls); foliage leaves plane, firm or soft-textured.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a spike, usually flexed at the base (flowers solitary on inflorescence branches in 2 South African spp.), floral bracts herbaceous to coriaceous, the inner shorter than the outer, often brown at the apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers zygomorphic, in shades of pink to red or whitish usually with contrasting darker markings on the lower 3 tepals; perianth tube well developed, either slender and cylindric throughout or narrowly campanulate; tepals subequal or the upper larger and erect and the 3 lower inclined to the horizontal.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens unilateral and arcuate, filaments usually mostly included; anthers parallel and contiguous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary globose-oblong, style exserted; style branches filiform, each deeply divided and recurved.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules globose, coriaceous, usually papillate to rugose.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds few to many per locule, angular to oblong-globose.
Native to:
Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Argentina Northeast, Baleares, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kriti, Madeira, Mauritius, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Portugal, Réunion, Sicilia, Spain, St.Helena
- Freesia andersoniae L.Bolus
- Freesia caryophyllacea (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.
- Freesia corymbosa (Burm.f.) N.E.Br.
- Freesia fergusoniae L.Bolus
- Freesia fucata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Freesia grandiflora (Baker) Klatt
- Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Freesia leichtlinii Klatt
- Freesia marginata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Freesia occidentalis L.Bolus
- Freesia praecox J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt
- Freesia sparrmanii (Thunb.) N.E.Br.
- Freesia speciosa L.Bolus
- Freesia verrucosa (B.Vogel) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Freesia viridis (Aiton) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Freesia Eckl. ex Klatt appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Linnaea 34: 672 (1866)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Literature
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Goldblatt & J.C. Manning in Syst. Bot. 20: 161-178 (1995)
- in Linnaea 34: 672 (1866)
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0