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Melocactus (melon cactus), also known as the Turk's head cactus, Turk's cap cactus, or Pope's head cactus, is a genus of cactus with about 30–40 species.They are native to the Caribbean, western Mexico through Central America to northern South America, with some species along the Andes down to southern Peru, and a concentration of species in northeastern Brazil.
Turk's cap is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Lilium martagon, a lily species native to a wide area from central Europe east to Mongolia and Korea; Lilium michauxii, a lily species native to southeastern North America; Lilium superbum, a lily species native to eastern and central regions of North America
Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America. [3] [4] [5] Common names include Turk's cap lily, [3] turban lily, [4] swamp lily, [6] lily royal, [6] or American tiger lily.
The name Turk's cap lily, also applied to a number of other species, comes from the characteristic reflexed shape of the petals. [15] The specific epithet martagon is of uncertain origin. [ 16 ] It has been suggested by one scholar (J.W. Redhouse (1892), that the word is of Ottoman Turkish origin, as mārtağān - a special kind of turban ...
Turk's cap lily is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Lilium martagon, a species native to a wide area from central Europe east to Mongolia and Korea; Lilium michauxii, a species native to southeastern North America; Lilium superbum, a species native to eastern and central regions of North America
Common names for species in this genus include Turk's cap mallow, wax mallow, sleeping hibiscus, and mazapan. It belongs to a group of genera that differ from the closely related Hibiscus in possessing a fruit divided into 5 separate parts (a schizocarp ), and having a style surmounted by 10, rather than 5, capitate or capitellate stigmas .
TurkCap or Scotchman's purse -- Malvaviscus arboreus is a flower native to Texas. Malvaviscus arboreus is a common understory shrub where it occurs in Texas and is an important food source for female and juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubri) and Black-chinned Hummingbirds (A. alexandri).
The Turks Islands in the Turks and Caicos are named after this cactus, whose red cephalium resembles the fez worn by Turkish men in the late Ottoman Empire. [2] [3] A stylised version of the cactus appears prominently on the coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands.