|
|
| |
MaltaWildPlants.com by Stephen Mifsud |
|
| |
|
 |  |  | |
External Links: |
Zantedeschia aethiopica (Arum Lily) |
Zantedeschia aethiopica (ARACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
|
Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Sprengel Published in Syst. Veg. 3: 765 (1826) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
|
Plant Family : | Araceae
Juss. (The Arum Family) 8 species from the Araceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Arum Lily, Calla Lily, Ethiopian Lords-and-Ladies | Maltese name(s) : | Buqar | Status for Malta : | Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and spreads to form established, non-invasive populations. It may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE (bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc.)
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Aug | Colour of Flowers: | White |
|
Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Widely cultivated for ornament |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Water courses in valleys |
Botanical Description: |
Leaves 15-45 x 10-25 cm, sagittate with rounded lobes, acuminate; petiole up to 75 cm. Scape somewhat exceeding the leaves. Spathe up to 25 cm, rhombic-ovate, the cuspidate apex recurved. Spadix about half as long as spathe, the upper part entirely covered by densely crowded, bright yellow anthers, the limits of individual flowers being quite obscure. Berry yellow, seldom formed in Europe. |
Distributional range: |
Locally naturalized in S. & W. Europe |
Native region outside Europe: |
(South Africa.) |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
|
 |
Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in  the Azores, Corse, ex-Jugoslavia |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[Az Co Hs Ju Lu Md] |
|
|
|
|
Submit further info on this species |
Use this form to submit more information on this species or report mistakes in this webpage. If information supplied is taken from a book, journal or website, please provide the corresponding reference or website address. Your email address is only for internal communication. Please report only Maltese locations for plants that indicated as rare or very rare (refer to the Nomenclature section). Please do report mistakes, broken links, technical errors, silly typing / grammar errors, misidentifications or taxonomical updates; this will help to improve the website's accuracy. Thanks you! Fill any of the three sections (A/B/C) below and kindly submit the form. * = required fields.
|
|
|
| |