Freesia leichtlinii
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| Freesia leichtlinii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Freesia |
| Species: | F. leichtlinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Freesia leichtlinii Klatt | |
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Freesia muirii | |
Freesia leichtlinii is a species of herb in the family Iridaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1][2] It is most widely known in its subspecies F. leichtlinii subsp. alba, commonly called Antique White Freesia, which has naturalized in California, the Mediterranean Basin, and parts of the Southern Hemisphere.
The genus Freesia was first described as a distinct genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon and named in honor of Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese (died 1876), a German physician and student of South African plants. The epithet leichtlinii was named for Max Leichtlin, a German horticulturalist and plant collector active in the nineteenth century.[3] In 2010 Freesia alba was consolidated into F. leichtlinii as a subspecies, creating the binomial Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba.[3]
