Asphodelaceae
Including Aloaceae, Hemerocallidaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae
Aloe
L. [Not native]
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 22 July
2017
Photos
- Aloe vera L., Sp. Pl. (1753)
320. --Aloe barbadensis Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768) No. 2. Native to
Africa. Cultivated. Naturalized? Photos
Dianella
Lam.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 10 October
2017
Photos
- Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC.,
Red. Lil. 1 (1802) t. 1; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 203; --Jessop, Fl.
Males. ser. 1, 9 (1979) 207; --Dracaena ensifolia L., Mant. Pl. 1
(1767) 63. --Dianella revoluta auct. non R.Br.; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922)
203. --Dianella caerulea auct. non Sims; --Merr., PJS 2 c (1907) 266;
EPFP 1 (1922) 202. --Dianella nemorosa Lam., Encycl. 2 (1786) 276, nom.
inval.; Tabl. Encycl. 2 (1792) 388, nom. illeg; --Hatusima, Mem. Fac.
Agr. Kagoshima Univ. 5 (1966) 59. Africa, Madagascar, Himalayas,
Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, SW China (Yunnan), Hainan, Taiwan, Japan,
throughout Malesia to Australia (Northern Territory; Queensland; New
South Wales), Tasmania, New Zealand and many Pacific Isls. LUZON: Ilocos
Norte, Pangasinan, Mountain Province, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Bataan,
Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon, Camarines, Sorsogon, POLILLO,
CATANDUANES, MINDORO, PALAWAN, PANAY, NEGROS, LEYTE, JOLO, MINDANAO,
BUCAS GRANDE. Open grasslands to forests, from the lowlands c. 2200m.
Fl. Jan-Dec. Photos
- Dianella javanica (Blume)
Kunth, Enum. 5 (1850) 52; --Merr., EPFP 1 (1922) 203; --Jessop, Fl.
Males. ser. 1, 9 (1979) 209; --Rhuacophila javanica Blume, Enum. Pl.
Javae (1827) 14. Throughout Malesia, also in New Caledonia and Ile de
Pins, and Fiji Isls (Viti Levu). BATANES, LUZON: Ifugao, Mountain
Province, Benguet, Zambales, Quezon, Camarines, Albay, MINDORO,
MINDANAO: Davao. Open slopes, thickets, ravines, forest edges, exposed
narrow ridge crests, edges of fumaroles and volcanic craters,
streambanks, etc, locally common, c. 1000-2400m. Fl. Jan-Dec. Photos
Xanthorrhoea
Sm. [Not native]
- Xanthorrhoea sp. Native to
Australia. Cultivated. Naturalized?
Literature
Chase, MW, JL Reveal & MF Fay. 2009. A subfamilial classification
for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and
Xanthorrhoeaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 132–136.
Jessop,
JP. 1979. Liliaceae. Flora Malesiana, Series 1 9: 189-235
Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona
& D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co's Digital Flora of the
Philippines. www.philippineplants.org
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Philippines
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