Trihesperus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Trihesperus
Herb.[1]
Species

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Trihesperus is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, generally found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina.[2] Veitch Nurseries developed a cultivar of Trihesperus latifolius with striped foliage which they called Anthericum latifolium albo media pictum.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Trihesperus glaucus (Ruiz & Pav.) Herb.
  • Trihesperus latifolius (Kunth) Herb.

References

  1. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 30(Misc.): 90 (1844)
  2. 1 2 "Trihesperus Herb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. W. S. (1889). "Garden Notes by the Secretary". Quarterly Record of the Royal Botanic Society of London, and Journal of the Royal Botanic Gardens Club. London: Royal Botanic Society: 45.


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