Brimeura
Sign in to saveBrimeura is a genus of bulb-forming, monocotyledonous perennial plants. They have narrow leaves and bear bluebell-like flowers in Spring. Brimeura is treated in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, tribe Hyacintheae, subtribe Hyacinthinae. It contains the following species
Species
Pyrenean Bluebell
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toBaleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain
Observations280
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scilloideae
- Named after
- Marie de Brimeu
- Image
- Brimeura amethystina05.jpg
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Brimeura is a genus of bulb-forming, monocotyledonous perennial plants. They have narrow leaves and bear bluebell-like flowers in Spring. Brimeura is treated in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, tribe Hyacintheae, subtribe Hyacinthinae. It contains the following species Brimeura amethystina (L.) Chouard - Pyrenees Brimeura duvigneaudii (L.Llorens) Rosselló, Mus & Mayol - Mallorca Brimeura fastigiata (Viv.) Chouard - Mallorca, Menorca, Corsica, Sardinia
Salisbury states that he named the genus in honour of the seventeenth century Netherlandish botanist and horticulturalist, Marie de Brimeu.