# Olsynium > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Olsynium > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Olsynium.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsynium > Source revision: 1354831412 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Olsynium_douglasii_37688.JPG |image_caption = [''Olysnium douglasii'' var. ''douglasii''](/source/Olsynium_douglasii) in [Anacortes Community Forest Lands](/source/Anacortes_Community_Forest_Lands) |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Olsynium |authority = [Raf.](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz) |type_species = ''Olsynium grandiflorum'' |type_species_authority = (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = * ''Phaiophleps'' Raf. * ''Symphyostemon'' Miers * ''Psithyrisma'' Herb. * ''Chamelum'' Phil. * ''Ona'' Ravenna }} '''''Olsynium''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of summer-[dormant](/source/dormancy) [rhizomatous](/source/rhizome) [perennial](/source/perennial_plant) [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s in the iris [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) Iridaceae, [native](/source/native_species) to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Olsynium%20douglasii.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map]Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia. ==Description== Height is {{convert|10|-|40|cm|in|0}} tall. [Leaves](/source/Leaf) are linear, {{convert|4|-|30|cm|in}} long and {{convert|1|-|3|mm|in|2}} broad. [Flower](/source/Flower)s are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac [tepal](/source/tepal)s, and bloom from late [winter](/source/winter) to [spring](/source/spring_(season)). ==Etymology== The genus name is derived from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) words ''ol'', meaning "a little", and ''syn-'', meaning "joined",{{cite book |author1=Manning, John |author2=Goldblatt, Peter |title=The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification |publisher=Timber Press |location=Portland, Oregon|pages=219–21 |year=2008|isbn=978-0-88192-897-6}} referring to the stamens.{{Citation |first1=Anita F. |last1=Cholewa |first2=Douglass M. |last2=Henderson |title=Olsynium |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=122839 |access-date=2012-09-22 |name-list-style=amp}}, in {{Citation |editor-last=Flora of North Americaial Committee |year=1982 |title=Flora of North America ''(online)'' |publisher=eFloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1 }} ==Taxonomy== The taxon ''Olsynium'' was formerly considered as part of the genus ''[Sisyrinchium](/source/Sisyrinchium)''. The following species are recognised in the genus ''Olsynium'':Search for "Olsynium", {{Citation |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ |access-date=2012-09-22 }} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px|| ''[Olsynium acaule](/source/Olsynium_acaule)'' (Klatt) Goldblatt || Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina |- | || ''[Olsynium andinum](/source/Olsynium_andinum)'' (Phil.) Ravenna || central Chile, Neuquén Province in Argentina |- |120px|| ''[Olsynium biflorum](/source/Olsynium_biflorum)'' (Thunb.) Goldblatt || Santa Cruz + Tierra del Fuego Provinces in southern Argentina |- | || ''[Olsynium bodenbenderi](/source/Olsynium_bodenbenderi)'' (Kurtz) Goldblatt || Mendoza Province in Argentina |- | || ''[Olsynium chrysochromum](/source/Olsynium_chrysochromum)'' J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores || central Chile |- |120px|| ''[Olsynium douglasii](/source/Olsynium_douglasii)'' (A.Dietr.) E.P.Bicknell || British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, extreme northern California, Idaho, northern Nevada, northwestern Utah |- | || ''[Olsynium filifolium](/source/Olsynium_filifolium)'' (Gaudich.) Goldblatt || southern Argentina, Falkland Islands |- |120px|| ''[Olsynium junceum](/source/Olsynium_junceum)'' (E.Mey. ex C.Presl) Goldblatt || Bolivia, Argentina, Chile |- | || ''[Olsynium lyckholmii](/source/Olsynium_lyckholmii)'' (Dusén) Goldblatt || central Chile, southern Argentina |- | || ''[Olsynium nigricans](/source/Olsynium_nigricans)'' (Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. || Maule Province in Chile |- | || ''[Olsynium obscurum](/source/Olsynium_obscurum)'' (Cav.) Goldblatt || southern Chile, Tierra del Fuego Province in Argentina |- | || ''[Olsynium philippii](/source/Olsynium_philippii)'' (Klatt) Goldblatt || central Chile |- | || ''[Olsynium porphyreum](/source/Olsynium_porphyreum)'' (Kraenzl.) Ravenna || Peru |- |120px|| ''[Olsynium scirpoideum](/source/Olsynium_scirpoideum)'' (Poepp.) Goldblatt || central + northern Chile, Rio Negro Province in Argentina |- | || ''[Olsynium stoloniferum](/source/Olsynium_stoloniferum)'' Ravenna || O'Higgins Province in Chile |- | || ''[Olsynium trinerve](/source/Olsynium_trinerve)'' (Baker) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. || Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile |- | || ''[Olsynium villosum](/source/Olsynium_villosum)'' Ravenna || Santiago Province in Chile |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=122839 Flora of North America] * [http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Olsynium Pacific Bulb Society] * Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan. {{Taxonbar|from=Q2647307}} Category:Sisyrinchieae Category:Iridaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Category:Flora of the Americas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Olsynium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsynium) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsynium?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.