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Montbretia (Crocosmia crocosmiiflora)

Dlium Montbretia (Crocosmia crocosmiiflora)

Montbretia (Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora) is a species of plant in the Iridaceae, erect, growing to 90 cm long, at the base as a tuber with swollen underground stems that last one year, long ribbon-shaped leaves and flowers in panicles.

C. crocosmiiflora has long ribbon-shaped leaves, leathery and stiff, green, flat or serrated margins and a vein in the middle. The flowers grow in rows in panicles at the ends of long, branching stalks. Star-shaped flowers, up to 5 cm long and orange.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Crocoideae
Tribe: Freesieae
Subtribe: Freesiinae
Genus: Crocosmia Planch. in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 7: 161 (1851)
Species: Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) N.E.Br. in Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 20: 264 (1932)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Montbretia × crocosmiiflora Lemoine in Garden (London, 1871-1927) 18: 188 (1881)
Tritonia × crocosmiiflora (Lemoine) G.Nicholson in Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 94 (1887)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Montbretia × crocosmiiflora elegans Pynaert in Nursery Cat. (Éd.Pynaert - Van Geert) 1886: 12 (1886)
Montbretia × crocosmiiflora sulfurea Pynaert in Nursery Cat. (Éd.Pynaert - Van Geert) 1886: 12 (1886)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Adams, C.D. in Adams, C.D. (1972). Flowering Plants of Jamaica: 83-86. University of the West Indies, Mona.

Bahali, D.D., Sanjappa, M. & Rath, S.P. (2004). Geographical distribution of Iridaceae in India. Indian Journal of Forestry 27: 251-256.

Brako, L. in Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 573-576. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Cooke, D.A. (1986). Flora of Australia 46: i-xii, 1-247. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Fournet, J. in Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 2061-2068. Gondwana editions.

Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Goldblatt, P. & Heinrich, J.E. in D'Arcy, W.G. (1987). Fl. Panama Checklist and Index: 51. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (2020). Iridaceae of southern Africa. Strelitzia 42: 1-1159. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Goldblatt, P. (1991). Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 45: 3-45. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.

Goldblatt, P. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 603-612. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha 2: 1-307. Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).

Henrich, J.E. & Goldblatt, P. (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 71-80. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Hohla, M. (2014). Hystrix patula - neu für Österrei, sowie weitere Beiträge zur Flora von Obenösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark und Vorarlberg. Stapfia 101: 83-100.

Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Hurrell, J.A. & Delucchi, G. (2005). Iridaceae Ixioideae adventicias en la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 40: 289-296.

Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

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Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Jørgensen, P.M. in Jørgensen, P.M. & León-Yánes, S. (eds.) (1999). Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: 516-517. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.

Lambion, J., Delvosalle, L. & Duvigneaud, J. (2004). Nouvelle flore de la Belgique du G. D. de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des régions voisines, ed. 5: 1-1167. Edition du Patrimoine du Jardin botanique national de Belgique.

López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.

Marais, W. (1978). Flore des Mascareignes 177: 1-16. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.

Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Múlgura, M.E. (1996). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de la República Argentina 1: 205-217. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): i-vi, 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.

Rico, E. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora Iberica 20: 1-651. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.

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Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 2: 989-1918. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 射干菖蒲 - 雄黄兰
Chinese (traditional): 射干菖蒲
Danish: Montbretia
Dutch: Montbretia
English: Montbretia, Crocosmia x, Garden montbretia
Estonian: Aed-kaeralill, Montbreetsia
Finnish: Tarharuostekukka
French: Montbrétia, Crocosmie commune
German: Montbretie
Indonesia: Sundari
Irish: Feileastram dearg
Japanese: ヒメヒオウギズイセン
Java: Sundari
Korean: 애기범부채
Portuguese: Crocósmia
Russian: Крокосмия обыкновенная
Slovak: Montbrécia záhradná
Spanish: Chispa sudafricana, Flor de avispa
Swedish: Montbretia
United Kingdom: Montbretia Welsh: Crib-y-ceiliog

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