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Xeronema
Sign in to saveXeronema is a genus of flowering plants containing two species, Xeronema moorei from New Caledonia, and Xeronema callistemon (the Poor Knights lily) from the Poor Knights Islands and Taranga Island in New Zealand. The plants are herbaceous monocots, spreading by rhizomes, and have large flowers set on terminal spikes, with stamens towering above the flowers.
Species
Poor Knights lily
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyXeronemataceae
Xeronema ist die einzige Gattung der monogenerischen Familie der Xeronemataceae innerhalb der Einkeimblättrigen Pflanzen (Monokotyledonen). Es gibt nur zwei Arten in der Gattung und damit in der Familie. Die beiden Arten besitzen ein disjunktes Areal im südwestlichen Pazifik: Neukaledonien und zwei Inseln vor der Nordküste der Nordinsel Neuseelands. Sie werden selten auch als Zierpflanzen genutzt.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Xeronemataceae
- Collections
- RSA
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia
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Xeronema is a genus of flowering plants containing two species, Xeronema moorei from New Caledonia, and Xeronema callistemon (the Poor Knights lily) from the Poor Knights Islands and Taranga Island in New Zealand. The plants are herbaceous monocots, spreading by rhizomes, and have large flowers set on terminal spikes, with stamens towering above the flowers.
The type species X. moorei is found in the mountains of New Caledonia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xeronema” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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