Doryanthes

Doryanthes
Doryanthes excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Doryanthaceae
Genus:	Doryanthes Correa
Species
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Doryanthes is a plant genus of the species Doryanthes excelsa and Doryanthes palmeri and native to the coast of Eastern Australia.^[1]

These plants grow in a rosette form. It takes more than 10 years for them to get flowers. They enjoy a warm environment, good soil, and much water during the warmest time of the year.^[1]

History

The genus Doryanthes was first described in 1802 by the Portuguese priest, statesman, philosopher and botanist José Francisco Correia de Serra (1750–1823), a close friend of Sir Joseph Banks. Doryanthes excelsa or "Gymea Lily", endemic to southern Sydney and the Illawarra, has also inspired the naming of Doryanthes, the journal of history and heritage for Southern Sydney founded by Dharawal historian Les Bursill.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 312. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0

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