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Agapanthus
Agapanthus flower
Agapanthus flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Agapanthaceae
Genus: Agapanthus
L'Hér.
Species

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Agapanthus ("Lily of the Nile") is a genus of flower plants with six to ten species depending on how the different species are classified. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly Agapanthaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants. Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (15 June 1746 - 18 August 1800 was an 18th century French botanist and magistrate They are all herbaceous perennial plants native to South Africa. A herbaceous plant (or in botanical use a Herb) is a Plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa They have been placed either in the family Alliaceae, or separated into their own monogeneric family Agapanthaceae (e. Alliaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial Flowering plants. g. Indices Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium).

Members of the genus have funnel-shaped flowers, in varying shades of blue colors with white flowering forms occurring. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also The species have been hybridized to produce additional colors in plants under cultivation. The flowers are produced in many-flowered cymes on long, erect stems called scapes, which can grow up 1 m long. An inflorescence is a group or cluster of Flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main Branch or a complicated arrangement of branches The basal leaves are curved, lanceolate, and are up to 60 cm long. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis.

Species

Zonneveld & Duncan (2003) classified Agapanthus into six species (A. africanus, A. campanulatus, A. caulescens, A. coddii, A. inapertus, A. praecox). Four additional taxa recognised by Leighton (1965) as species (A. comptonii, A. dyeri, A. nutans, A. walshii) are given status below species rank by Zonneveld & Duncan.

Cultivation and uses

Agapanthus africanus can be grown within USDA plant hardiness zones 9 to 11. A hardiness zone is a geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of Plant life is capable of growing as defined by Temperature hardiness or ability In lower-numbered zones, the bulbs should be placed deeper in the soil and mulched well in the fall. Agapanthus can be propagated by dividing the bulbs or by seeds, the seeds of most varieties are fertile.

Several hundred cultivars and hybrids are cultivated as garden and landscape plants. A cultivar is a cultivated Plant that has been selected and given a unique name because of its decorative or useful characteristics it is usually distinct from similar In Biology, hybrid has two meanings The first meaning is the result of interbreeding between two animals or plants of different taxa. Several are winter-hardy to USDA Zone 7.

Agapanthus africanus

Agapanthus praecox

Closeup of an Agapanthus flower

Agapanthus in a pot

Agapanthus flower

Agapanthus flower (side view)

Agapanthus flower (top view)

Agapanthus flower shoot

Agapanthus africanus from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1800)

References

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