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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Aristea Aiton, Hortus Kew. [W. Aiton] 1, 67 (1789)
Vernacular Name(s):
Blue brilliant
Description
Evergreen perennial. Rhizome woody, long or short. Leaves several, basal and a few cauline, acuminate, linear, parallel-veined, ensiform, equitant, erect or in a flattened fan. Scape compressed or subterete. Spike, raceme or corymb; lower spathe-valves foliaceous, bracteoles and upper bracts membranous; or flower solitary. Flowers blue, rarely white, clustered 3 or more within each pair of spathe-valves, sessile to distinctly pedicelled, fugacious; lobes only slightly joined at base, ± equal, spreading, twisting spirally after flowering. Style filiform, unbranched or occasionally with 3 very short flattened lobes. Capsule oblong or cylindrical, trigonous to triquetrous. Seeds many, globose or angled.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Exotic: Casual | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
Aiton, W. 1789: Hortus Kewensis; or a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal botanic gardens at Kew. Hortus Kewensis. Vol. 1. Nicol, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Steele, R.; Lowe, M. 2002–2006: Index. Subtropicals Index: 1–12.
