PLANTS Profile for Belamcanda chinensis (blackberry lily)

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PLANTS Profile

Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.
blackberry lily

Symbol:

BECH

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

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Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

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Synonyms:
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

GECH2

Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

View 29 genera in Iridaceae, 1 species in Belamcanda

Classification:
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Belamcanda Adans. – belamcanda
Species	Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. – blackberry lily

Introduced Information:
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43280.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 06:16 PM MDT