Asphodeline

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asphodelaceae
Subfamilia: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Asphodeline
Species: A. anatolica – A. baytopiae – A. brevicaulis – A. cilicica – A. damascena – A. globifera – A. liburnica – A. lutea – A. peshmeniana – A. prismatocarpa – A. prolifera – A. recurva – A. rigidifolia – A. sertachiae – A. taurica – A. tenuior – A. turcica
Name

Asphodeline Rchb., Fl. German. Excurs. 116. 1830.

Lectotypus: Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb., designated by Pfeiffer, Nom. 1: 299. 14 Jun 1872.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Heroion Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 12 (1838).
Typus: Heroion filiformis (= Asphodeline tenuior)
Dorydium Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 72 (1866).
Type species: non design.

References
Primary references

Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1830–1832. Flora Germanica Excursoria. Vol. 1–2. 878 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Carolum Cnobloch. BHL Reference page. (!116).

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Asphodeline in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 2. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Asphodeline in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2020 May 2.

Vernacular names
العربية: عصفلدين
Deutsch: Junkerlilien
suomi: Soihdukit
עברית: עיריוני
svenska: Junkerliljesläktet

Asphodeline is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, first described as a genus in 1830.[3] It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and the Middle East from Italy and Algeria east to Iran.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Asphodeline has fleshy roots and fragrant, starry flowers that are yellow in May to June. It grows up to 4 ft in well-drained soil. Its foliage is blue-green and grassy, with tall, narrow flower spikes. It takes at least three years before newly planted seedlings flower. The yellow flowers always make an interesting addition to the late-spring garden. The individual flowers on the spikes open in a seemingly random order, and do not last long, being replaced quickly by other flowers.

Species[2]

Asphodeline anatolica Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline baytopiae Tuzlaci - Turkey, Syria
Asphodeline brevicaulis (Bertol.) J.Gay ex Baker - from Greece to Iran
Asphodeline cilicica Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline damascena (Boiss.) Baker - Turkey, Syria
Asphodeline globifera J.Gay ex Baker - Turkey, Syria
Asphodeline liburnica (Scop.) Rchb. - Italy, southern Balkans, Aegean
Asphodeline lutea (L.) Rchb. - from Albania to Turkey
Asphodeline peshmeniana Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline prismatocarpa J.Gay ex Boiss. - Turkey
Asphodeline prolifera (M.Bieb.) Kunth - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
Asphodeline recurva Post - Turkey, Syria, Jordan
Asphodeline rigidifolia (Boiss. & Heldr.) Baker - Turkey
Asphodeline sertachiae Tuzlaci - Turkey
Asphodeline taurica (Pall. ex M.Bieb.) Endl. - from Albania to Caucasus
Asphodeline tenuior (Fisch. ex M.Bieb.) Ledeb. - Caucasus, Iran, Turkey
Asphodeline turcica Tuzlaci - Turkey

References

The genus Asphodeline was coined by the botanist Ludwig Reichenbach, and originally published in Flora Germanica Excursoria 116. 1830. The type species, described therein from a lectotype, is A. lutea.
"Name - Asphodeline Rchb". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
"Search for Asphodeline". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), "Asparagales: Asphodeloideae", Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-02-25
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asphodeline
Maire, R. (1958). Flore de l'Afrique du Nord 5: 1-307. Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.