Chamaescilla
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Chamaescilla is a genus of herbs in the family
Asparagaceae
, subfamily Lomandroideae
, that are endemic to Australia
. They have grass-like basal leaves and tuberous roots. The flowers have 6 petals (each with three nerves) and 6 stamens. The seed capsules contain black, glossy seeds.
Species include:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae...
, subfamily Lomandroideae
Lomandroideae
Lomandroideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales, according to the APG III system of 2009. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Lomandra. The group has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae...
, that are endemic to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. They have grass-like basal leaves and tuberous roots. The flowers have 6 petals (each with three nerves) and 6 stamens. The seed capsules contain black, glossy seeds.
Species include:
- C. corymbosaChamaescilla corymbosaChamaescilla corymbosa is a tuberous perennial herb species in the genus Chamaescilla. It is endemic to southern Australia.Plants are 10 to 15 cm high and have grass-like basal leaves...
(R.Br.) Benth. (Blue Stars, Blue Squill or Mudrurt), which occurs in Western AustraliaWestern AustraliaWestern Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, South AustraliaSouth AustraliaSouth Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
, VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. This has two varieties:- C. corymbosa (R.Br.) Benth. var. corymbosa
- C. corymbosa var. paradoxa (Endl.) R.J.F.Hend.
- C. gibsonii Keighery
- C. sp. Ellen Brook (G.J. Keighery)
- C. spiralis (Endl.) Benth., which has curled basal leaves.
- C. versicolor (Lindl.) Ostenf.