Olsynium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Iridaceae
Subfamilia: Iridoideae
Tribus: Sisyrinchieae
Genus: Olsynium
Species: O. acaule – O. biflorum – O. bodenbenderi – O. chrysochromum – O. douglasii – O. filifolium – O. frigidum – O. junceum – O. lyckholmii – O. nigricans – O. obscurum – O. philippii – O. porphyreum – O. scirpoideum – O. trinerve
Name

Olsynium Raf., New Fl. 1: 72. 1836.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chamelum Phil., Linnaea 33: 250. 1864.
Eriphilema Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29(Misc.): 85. 1843.
Ona Ravenna, Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso 5: 98. 1972.
Phaiophleps Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 29. 1836.
Psithyrisma Herb. in Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29 (Misc.): 85. 1843, nom. superfl.
Symphyostemon Miers, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 123. 1841, nom. superfl.

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2009. Olsynium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2009 Mar. 23. Reference page.

Vernacular names
svenska: Vårgräsliljesläktet

Olsynium (huilmo in Chile; formerly part of Sisyrinchium) 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]

Description

Height 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

The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined",[4] referring to the stamens.[5]

Species[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

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 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