Bessera elegans

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Flowers: Umbels of pendant, showy scarlet-and-white coloured flowers. &#91; 9 &#93;
Leaves: Attenuated, erect leaves. &#91; 9 &#93;

Bessera elegans
	Bessera elegans; 1839 (Artist: Sarah Ann Drake)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Brodiaeoideae
Genus:	Bessera
Species:	B. elegans
Binomial name
	Bessera elegans; Schult.f. 1829
Synonyms
	Pharium elegans (Schult.f.) Steud., 1841; Bessera fistulosa (Herb.) Pritz., 1854; Bessera herbertii G.Don in R.Sweet, 1839; Bessera miniata Lem. in L.B.Van Houtte, 1848; Bessera multiflora M.Martens & Galeotti, 1842; Pharium fistulosum Herb., 1832; Pharium herbertii (G.Don) Steud., 1841;

Bessera elegans, also known by the common name coral drops, is a cormous herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, from Mexico.^[9]

Description

Native to central and southern Mexico, B. elegans is also cultivated as an ornamental.^[9]

B. elegans growing in the alpine house at RHS Garden, Wisley in Surrey, England.
B. elegans inflorescence.
B. elegans flower detail.

^ Edwards's Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment. London 25: t. 34 (1839). sulivanica
^ Schult. f. Linnaea 4: 121 1829
^ ^a ^b Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 316. 1841
^ Pritz., Icon. Bot. Index: 147. 1854
^ R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 694. 1839
^ L.B.Van Houtte, Fl. Serres 4: t. 424. 1848
^ M.Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 14. 1842
^ Herb., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1546. 1832
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rhs.org.uk. (2020). Bessera elegans | RHS Gardening. [online] Available at: https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/24712/Bessera-elegans/Details [Accessed 16 Feb. 2020].

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