Paradisea

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Scientific Names

Read about Paradisea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Paradisea (said to be from Paradise, of which this plant is supposed to be a fit inhabitant). Often written Paradisia. Liliaceae. St. Bruno's Lily. Hardy herbaceous perennial, a single species, with small white flowers, native in the Pyrenees, Apennines, Alps, and Juras. St. Bruno's lily and St. Bernard's lily are advertised in catalogues of hardy herbaceous plants as Anthericum Liliastrum and Anthericum Liliago, but the former should be called Paradisea Liliastrum; the latter is St. Bernard's lily. Both have white fls., borne in early summer on scapes a foot or more high. The fls. of both are tipped green outside. The lvs. are linear, all radical, and a foot or so long. Both plants are natives of Cent. Eu., and by their popular names recall the life- saving monks of the Alps. It is no wonder, then, that they are often confused, although they belong to different subtribes. The Paradisea has larger fls., which are funnel-shaped rather than rotate, but the fundamental differences upon which Paradisea is made a separate genus lie in the stamens. In Paradisea (according to Bentham & Hooker) the anthers are attached at the middle of the back and are versatile; in Anthericum the anthers are attached at their base and are erect ; moreover, the stamens of Paradisea are hypogy-nous; of Anthericum, perigynous. Following are some of the other 'differences as given by Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 15:286, 287, 301 (1877): CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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