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Freesia
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Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795–1876). It is native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most species being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the former genus Anomatheca are now included in Freesia. The plants commonly known as "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped flowers, are cultivated hybrids of a number of Freesia species. Some other species
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Freesia is a genus of plants within the family Iridaceae. It belongs to the order Asparagales and the class Liliopsida, as well as the phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae. The taxon was described by Klatt in 1866 and is currently accepted.
Records for this genus are held by several institutions, including INECOL, CM, CAS, WIS, and MEL. These records originate from Mexico, the United States, Australia, and Brazil. The genus has 12,618 occurrence records and 727 associated records, with 650 media files available.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 727
- With media
- 650
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, CM, CAS, WIS, MEL, TLU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Australia, Brazil
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- capsule
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- taxon common name
- 香雪兰属
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Systematics
- Cultivation and uses
- References
- Bibliography
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Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795–1876). It is native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most species being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the former genus Anomatheca are now included in Freesia. The plants commonly known as "freesias", with fragrant funnel-shaped flowers, are cultivated hybrids of a number of Freesia species. Some other species are also grown as ornamental plants.
==Description== They are herbaceous plants which grow from a conical corm diameter, which sends up a tuft of narrow leaves long, and a sparsely branched stem tall bearing a few leaves and a loose one-sided spike of flowers with six petals. Many species have fragrant narrowly funnel-shaped flowers, although those formerly placed in the genus Anomatheca, such as F. laxa, have flat flowers.
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