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thumb|right|Asphodelus ramosus Asphodelus is a genus of mainly perennial flowering plants in the asphodel family Asphodelaceae that was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus was formerly included in the lily family (Liliaceae). The genus is native to temperate Europe (mostly the south of Europe), the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, and some species have been introduced to, and are now naturalized in, other places such as New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and southwestern United States. Many asphodels are popular garden plants, which grow in well-

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Asphodelus is a genus of plants in the family Asphodelaceae, order Asparagales, and class Liliopsida. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted under the authority L. and is commonly referred to as afodiller. One species within this group is known as Onion-Leafed Asphodel.

Records for Asphodelus are held by institutions including IBUNAM, US, MICH, and RSA. Occurrences have been documented in Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, India, and the Canary Islands (Spain). The genus has 146,832 occurrence records and 111 records with 93 media items in iDigBio. iNaturalist lists 12,411 observations for the species.

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Species

afodiller

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsphodelaceae
Observations12,411
Observations recorded146,832

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
111
With media
93
Family
Asphodelaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, US, MICH, RSA
Recorded in
Mexico, Spain, Bolivia, India, Canary Islands (Spain), Morocco, Cyprus, France

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Asphodeloideae
Image
Asphodelus albus0.jpg
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genus
Commons category
Asphodelus
taxon name
Asphodelus
topic's main category
Category:Asphodelus
Commons gallery
Asphodelus
has fruit type
capsule
taxonomic type
Asphodelus ramosus
taxon common name
zlati koren
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Character
  • Etymology
  • Species
  • Uses
  • Mythology
  • Poetry
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|Asphodelus ramosus Asphodelus is a genus of mainly perennial flowering plants in the asphodel family Asphodelaceae that was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The genus was formerly included in the lily family (Liliaceae). The genus is native to temperate Europe (mostly the south of Europe), the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent, and some species have been introduced to, and are now naturalized in, other places such as New Zealand, Australia, Mexico and southwestern United States. Many asphodels are popular garden plants, which grow in well-drained soils with abundant natural light.

==Character== The plants are hardy herbaceous perennials with narrow tufted radical leaves and an elongated stem bearing a handsome spike of white or yellow flowers. Asphodelus albus and A. fistulosus have white flowers and grow from high; A. ramosus is a larger plant, the large white flowers of which have a reddish-brown line in the middle of each segment.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asphodelus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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