Olsynium 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]
| Olsynium | |
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| Olysnium douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes Community Forest Lands | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Sisyrinchieae |
| Genus: | Olsynium Raf. |
| Type species | |
| Olsynium grandiflorum (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque
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Description edit
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 edit
The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined",[4] referring to the stamens.[5]
Taxonomy edit
The taxon Olsynium was formerly considered as part of the genus Sisyrinchium. The following species are recognised in the genus Olsynium:[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 edit
- ^ a b c 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
External links edit
- Flora of North America
- Pacific Bulb Society
- Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.