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Strelitzia
''Strelitzia'' 〔''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607, Sunset Books〕 is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tropicalflowerguide.com/bird-of-paradise-tropical-flowers.html )〕 The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles; two of the species, ''Strelitzia nicolai'' and ''Strelitzia reginae'', are frequently grown as house plants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ourhouseplants.com/plants/strelitzia )〕
==Description==
The species ''S. nicolai'' is the largest in the genus, reaching 10 m tall, with stately white and blue flowers; the other species typically reach 2 to 3.5 m tall, except ''S. caudata'' which is a tree of a typically smaller size than ''S. nicolai''. The leaves are large, 30–200 cm long and 10–80 cm broad, similar to a banana leaf in appearance but with a longer petiole, and arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage. The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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