Manfreda
| Manfreda | |
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| Manfreda virginica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Manfreda Salisb. |
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Manfreda is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae.[2] Along with Polianthes, members are commonly called tuberoses. Some authorities place Manfreda in genus Polianthes, while others group place both genera in Agave. The generic name honours 14th-century Italian writer Manfredus de Monte Imperiale.[3]
They are native to the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America.[1]
Like others in its family, tuberoses have rosettes of leaves branching from a very short stem, and flowers at the end of a long stalk. The flowers are tubular and whitish, yellow, green, or brownish, with lengthy stamens.
The spotted manfreda, also called Texas tuberose (Manfreda maculosa) is notable for having silvery-green leaves covered with purple spots and is a popular xeriscape plant in the Southwest US. [4]
Species
- Manfreda brunnea (S.Watson) Rose - Tamaulipas
- Manfreda bulbulifera Castillejos & E.Solano - Guerrero
- Manfreda chamelensis E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will. - Jalisco
- Manfreda elongata Rose - Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit
- Manfreda fusca Ravenna - Guatemala
- Manfreda galvaniae A.Castañeda, S.Franco & García-Mend. - México State
- Manfreda guerrerensis Matuda - Guerrero
- Manfreda guttata (Jacobi & C.D.Bouché) Rose - central Mexico
- Manfreda hauniensis (J.B.Petersen) Verh.-Will. - central Mexico
- Manfreda involuta McVaugh - Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco
- Manfreda jaliscana Rose - northwestern Mexico
- Manfreda justosierrana García-Mend. - Guerrero
- Manfreda littoralis García-Mend., A.Castañeda & S.Franco - Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Manfreda longiflora (Rose) Verh.-Will. – Amole de Río, Longflower Tuberose - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Texas
- Manfreda maculata (Mart.) Rose - México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Manfreda maculosa (Hook.) Rose – spotted manfreda, amole de culebra, spice lily, Texas tuberose - Texas, Tamaulipas
- Manfreda malinaltenangensis Matuda - México State
- Manfreda nanchititlensis Matuda - México State
- Manfreda paniculata L.Hern., R.A.Orellana & Carnevali - Yucatán
- Manfreda parva Aarón Rodr. - Guerrero
- Manfreda petskinil R.A.Orellana, L.Hern. & Carnevali - Yucatán
- Manfreda planifolia (S.Watson) Rose - Sonora, Chihuahua
- Manfreda potosina (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Rose - Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí
- Manfreda pringlei Rose - central Mexico
- Manfreda pubescens (Regel & Ortgies) Verh.-Will. ex Espejo & López-Ferr. - Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas
- Manfreda revoluta (Klotzsch) Rose - México State
- Manfreda rubescens Rose - Jalisco, Nayarit
- Manfreda scabra (Ortega) McVaugh - widespread from central Mexico south to Nicaragua
- Manfreda sileri Verh.-Will. – Siler's Tuberose - Tamaulipas, Texas
- Manfreda singuliflora (S.Watson) Rose - Sonora, Chihuahua
- Manfreda umbrophila García-Mend. - Guerrero, Oaxaca
- Manfreda undulata (Klotzsch) Rose - described in 1840 from specimens grown in a garden in Germany; never found in the wild, so probably extinct
- Manfreda variegata (Jacobi) Rose – Amole Akayman, Mottled Tuberose - widespread across Texas and much of Mexico
- Manfreda verhoekiae García-Mend - Oaxaca
- 'Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose – Amole de Virginia, False Aloe - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, southeastern United States from Texas to the Carolinas and West Virginia
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Agavoideae
- ↑ "Manfreda Salisbury, Gen. Pl. 78. 1866.". Flora of North America. eFloras. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ↑ Soule, J.A. 2013. Success with Succulents, Tierra del Sol Press.
- ↑ "Manfreda". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ↑ "Species records of Manfreda". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
External links
Media related to Manfreda at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Manfreda at Wikispecies