Genus Olsynium

Olsynium Raf. New Fl. 1: 72 (1836) "A very fine New Genus from Oregon, has been blended with Sisyrinchium by the Englsh Botanists, which I have called Olsynium, meaning hardly united. It differs by the Corolla campanulate, the long free stamens only united at the base, 3 stigmas &.c, and belongs to the same natural family of Galaxidia, distinguished from Iridia by stamens not quite free. OLSYNIUM. Corolla of 6 petals campanulate, each oblong, striate. Stamens 3, filaments free and subulate, base contracted above the united base. Style elongate, stigmas 3 acute. Ovary and fruit as in Sisyrinchium. Roots fibrose, leaves sheathing, spatha bivalve, biflore. Olsynium grandiflorum Raf. Sisyrhichium grandiflorum. Douglas in Bot. register 1634. Bot. magazine 3509. Stem compressed, leaves shorter, acute, spatha unequal margin membranose, flowers twin drooping deep purple. A lovely and graceful plant, discovered at the falls of Oakanagan on the Oregon River. It is hardy, flowers vernal large, nearly two inches, but never spreading flat as in Sisyrinchium.

See below:

• Botanical Plates
• Accepted Species
• References
• Image Gallery
• Further Reading in Library

Botanical Plates:

Accepted Species:

• Olsynium Raf., New Fl. 1: 72 (1836).
• Olsynium acaule (Klatt) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium andinum (Phil.) Ravenna, Onira 12: 15 (2009)
• Olsynium biflorum (Thunb.) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium bodenbenderi (Kurtz) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium chrysochromum J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores, Gayana, Bot. 51: 12 (1994)
• Olsynium douglasii (A.Dietr.) E.P.Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 237 (1900)
• Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii.
• Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum (Suksd.) Cholewa & Douglass M.Hend., Madroño 38: 232 (1991)
• Olsynium filifolium (Gaudich.) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium junceum (E.Mey. ex C.Presl) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium junceum subsp. colchaguense (Phil.) J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores in A.Hoffmann & al., Pl. Altoandinas Fl. Silv. Chile: 240 (1998)
• Olsynium junceum subsp. depauperatum (Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic., Gayana, Bot. 57: 172 (2000 publ. 2001)
• Olsynium junceum subsp. junceum
• Olsynium lyckholmii (Dusén) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium nigricans (Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic., Gayana, Bot. 49: 44 (1992)
• Olsynium obscurum (Cav.) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium philippii subsp. illapelinum (Phil.) J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores in A.Hoffmann & al., Pl. Altoandinas Fl. Silv. Chile: 242 (1998)
• Olsynium porphyreum (Kraenzl.) Ravenna, Onira 5: 59 (2001)
• Olsynium scirpoideum (Poepp.) Goldblatt, Syst. Bot. 15: 508 (1990)
• Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. leucanthum (Colla) R.A.Rodr. & Martic., Gayana, Bot. 57: 172 (2000 publ. 2001)
• Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. luridum (Ravenna) R.A.Rodr. & Martic., Gayana, Bot. 57: 172 (2000 publ. 2001)
• Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. scirpeum (Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic., Gayana, Bot. 57: 173 (2000 publ. 2001)
• Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. scirpoideum
• Olsynium skottsbergii M.Sheader & A.Sheader, Alpine Gardener 82: 211 (2014)
• Olsynium stoloniferum Ravenna, Onira 12: 13 (2009)
• Olsynium trinerve (Baker) R.A.Rodr. & Martic., Gayana, Bot. 57: 173 (2000 publ. 2001)
• Olsynium villosum Ravenna, Onira 12: 12 (2009)

References:

• To find occurences in I Naturalist see https://www.gbif.org/species/2746645
• New flora and botany of North America, or, A supplemental flora, additional to all the botanical works on North America New Genus Olsynium Raf. New Fl. 1: 72 (1836) see https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27706#page/86/mode/1up

Image Gallery:

Olsynium acaule Olsynium andinum Olsynium biflorum Olsynium bodenbenderi Olsynium chrysochromum Olsynium douglasii Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii. Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum Olsynium filifolium Olsynium junceum Olsynium junceum subsp. colchaguense Olsynium junceum subsp. depauperatum Olsynium junceum subsp. junceum Olsynium lyckholmii Olsynium nigricans Olsynium obscurum Olsynium philippii subsp. illapelinum Olsynium porphyreum Olsynium scirpoideum Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. leucanthum Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. luridum Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. scirpeum Olsynium scirpoideum subsp. scirpoideum Olsynium skottsbergii Olsynium stoloniferum Olsynium trinerve Olsynium villosum

Further Reading for Olsynium:

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