Bessera | |
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Bessera elegans 1839 illustration [2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: |
Bessera Schult.f. 1829, conserved name not Schult. 1809 ( Boraginaceae) nor Spreng. 1815 ( Putranjivaceae) nor Vell. 1825 ( Nyctaginaceae) [1] |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Bessera is a genus of Mexican plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family. [4] [5] It is a small genus of 5 known species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corms. [3] They have flowers with petals and petaloid sepals ( tepals) with compound pistils.
The genus is named for Austrian and Russian botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842).
Bessera elegans, called coral drops, is cultivated and is a half-hardy Mexican herbaceous plant growing from corms with drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white colored flowers.
The currently accepted species listed in Plants of the World Online are: [6]
Some plants formerly classified as Bessera species have been reclassified under other genera, which include:
Androstephium,
Drypetes,
Flueggea,
Guapira, and
Pulmonaria.
Former species include:
[1]
[3]
Bessera | |
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Bessera elegans 1839 illustration [2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: |
Bessera Schult.f. 1829, conserved name not Schult. 1809 ( Boraginaceae) nor Spreng. 1815 ( Putranjivaceae) nor Vell. 1825 ( Nyctaginaceae) [1] |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Bessera is a genus of Mexican plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family. [4] [5] It is a small genus of 5 known species of mostly herbaceous flowering plants with corms. [3] They have flowers with petals and petaloid sepals ( tepals) with compound pistils.
The genus is named for Austrian and Russian botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842).
Bessera elegans, called coral drops, is cultivated and is a half-hardy Mexican herbaceous plant growing from corms with drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white colored flowers.
The currently accepted species listed in Plants of the World Online are: [6]
Some plants formerly classified as Bessera species have been reclassified under other genera, which include:
Androstephium,
Drypetes,
Flueggea,
Guapira, and
Pulmonaria.
Former species include:
[1]
[3]