Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 458

Genus ja: スズランスイセン

Genus en: Snowflake

# spp.: 2 (from genus_families table) | 2 (from names table)

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Family ja: ヒガンバナ

Infra familial classification: Subfamily Amaryllidoideae: Tribe Galantheae

Distribution en: Europe to N. Iran, NE. Algeria

Description en: Genus of about 10 species of mainly spring- or autumn-flowering, bulbous perennials from a variety of habitats, including woodland, shaded hillsides, wet sites, dunes, rocky grassland, and scrub, from W. Europe to the Middle East and N. Africa. They are related and similar to snowdrops (Galanthus), with usually 1 or 2, occasionally up to 8 flowers per stem, but the nodding or pendent, bell-shaped, usually white, sometimes pink flowers have 6 equal segments. Leaves are basal and strap-shaped to linear, or occasionally narrowly cylindrical. Small species are suitable for a rock garden, alpine house, or bulb frame, while larger species such as L. aestivum and L. vernum are excellent in a border, near water, or naturalized in grass.

Hardiness en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

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Propagation en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn, or remove offsets once the leaves have died down.

Pests en: Prone to slugs and narcissus bulb fly.

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Comment ja: 分子系統が (Acis, (Leucojum, Galanthus))Galantheae; と判明したので、Acis が分離した。1000属検定ではスノーフレーク属だが、個人的にはスズランスイセンを推したい。
POWOではL. pulchellumを認めて3種としているが、その他のオンラインコンテンツを参考に、2種とした。

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:57 by hkokubun@mac.com