PLANTS Profile for Gloriosa superba (flame lily)

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PLANTS Profile

Gloriosa superba L.
flame lily

Symbol:

GLSU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Images:
Gloriosa superba L.

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Synonyms:
Gloriosa superba L.

GLRO

Gloriosa rothschildiana O'Brien

Distribution:
Gloriosa superba L.


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USA (FL)

Related Taxa:
Gloriosa superba L.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 1 species in Gloriosa

Classification:
Gloriosa superba L.

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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	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Gloriosa L. – flame lily
Species	Gloriosa superba L. – flame lily

Introduced Information:
Gloriosa superba L.

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:
Gloriosa superba L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 502804.

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