Family 'Amaryllidaceae' or the Amaryllis Family) Formerly in the Liliaceae (Lily family) |
Monocots with onion-like bulbs and juicy leaves. Flowerheads wrapped in a bract. " |
If you have enjoyed a potted Amaryllis blooming in mid-winter, than you have met the Amaryllis family. Members of this family are typically perennial plants that resprout each year from underground bulbs. The leaves are usually somewhat juicy and tender, rather than fibrous.
The flowers are often grouped in an umbel (like an umbrella), or sometimes solitary, and typially emerge from a spathe-like bract (a modified leaf wrapped around the flowerhead). Otherwise, individual flowers are typical lily-like blossoms with 3 sepals and 3 petals that are identical in size and color. The daffodil (Narcissus) has an extra inner whorl called the corona. Most species have 6 stamens. The ovary is positioned either inferior or superior and matures as a capsule with numerous seeds per chamber. The dried petals are often found clinging to the tip of the fruit.
As currently defined, the Amaryllis family encompasses an estimated 60 genera and 850 species, only a handful of which are found in North America. The potted flowers we know as "amaryllis" were segregated from Amaryllis into a closely related new genus, Hippeastrum, but the old name reamains as the common name. Edibility varies significantly across the family. Onions (Allium) and their kin have sometimes been segregated into their own family, and may be yet again.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllidales
APG2: Asparagales
SYNONYMS: Alliaceae, Brunsvigiaceae, Crinaceae, Cyrtanthaceae, Galanthaceae, Gethyllidaceae, Gillesiaceae, Haemanthaceae, Leucojaceae, Milulaceae, Narcissiaceae, Oporanthaceae, Pancratiaceae, Strumariaceae, Tulbaghiaceae, Zephyranthaceae
The flowers are often grouped in an umbel (like an umbrella), or sometimes solitary, and typially emerge from a spathe-like bract (a modified leaf wrapped around the flowerhead). Otherwise, individual flowers are typical lily-like blossoms with 3 sepals and 3 petals that are identical in size and color. The daffodil (Narcissus) has an extra inner whorl called the corona. Most species have 6 stamens. The ovary is positioned either inferior or superior and matures as a capsule with numerous seeds per chamber. The dried petals are often found clinging to the tip of the fruit.
As currently defined, the Amaryllis family encompasses an estimated 60 genera and 850 species, only a handful of which are found in North America. The potted flowers we know as "amaryllis" were segregated from Amaryllis into a closely related new genus, Hippeastrum, but the old name reamains as the common name. Edibility varies significantly across the family. Onions (Allium) and their kin have sometimes been segregated into their own family, and may be yet again.
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllidales
APG2: Asparagales
SYNONYMS: Alliaceae, Brunsvigiaceae, Crinaceae, Cyrtanthaceae, Galanthaceae, Gethyllidaceae, Gillesiaceae, Haemanthaceae, Leucojaceae, Milulaceae, Narcissiaceae, Oporanthaceae, Pancratiaceae, Strumariaceae, Tulbaghiaceae, Zephyranthaceae
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