Fritillaria graeca
Appearance
Fritillaria graeca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Fritillaria |
Species: | F. graeca
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Binomial name | |
Fritillaria graeca | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Fritillaria graeca is a European plant species in the family Liliaceae.[3] It is native to the Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria,[4] North Macedonia, and Greece).[5] Some older literature says that the plant can also be found in Serbia, but all these collections are of var. gussichiae, now regarded as a distinct species called Fritillaria gussichiae.[6]
Fritillaria graeca has flowers with red and white stripes which resemble small bells - one on each stem. It blooms between April and May. It reaches a height of around 25 cm.[7][8]
- Fritillaria graeca subsp. graeca - eastern + southern Greece including Crete
- Fritillaria graeca subsp. thessala (Boiss.) Rix[9] - Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, northern Greece
- formerly included[1]
- Fritillaria graeca var. gussichiae, now called Fritillaria gussichiae
- Fritillaria graeca var. skorpili, now called Fritillaria skorpili
References
[edit]- ^ a b c The Plant List
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graecasubsp. thessala
- ^ "Fritillaria graeca Boiss. & Spruner". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Tisata Reserve". Official Site of Pirin National Park. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graeca
- ^ Tomovic, G., S. Vukojicic, M. Niketic, B. Zlatkovic, V. Strevanovic. 2007. Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats, and some taxonomic notes. Phytologica Balcanica 13 (3):359-370
- ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Wilhelm von Spruner. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 1, 7: 104.
- ^ Micevski, Kiril. 1987. Acta Botanica Croatica 37: 212, as Fritillaria ionica var. ochridana from Croatia
- ^ Rix, Edward Martin. 1978. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 356.