Fritillaria eduardii

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Fritillaria eduardii
Fritillaria eduardii 2, Elok, Faizobod District.jpg
In habitat at Ilak, Tajikistan
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species:
F. eduardii
Binomial name
Fritillaria eduardii
A.Regel ex Regel
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Fritillaria imperialis var. eduardii(Regel) Regel
  • Fritillaria imperialis var. inodora-purpureaRegel
  • Petilium eduardii(Regel) Vved. (syn of var. eduardii)
  • Fritillaria imperialis var. inodoraRegel(syn of var. eduardii)
  • Fritillaria inodora(Regel) Tubergen (syn of var. eduardii)

Fritillaria eduardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Central Asia. [1] [2] It is closely related to the widely cultivated species, F. imperialis, called "crown imperial." [3] [4]

Varieties

References

  1. Regel, Eduard August von 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg 8: page 653, plate 2.
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   978-1405332965.
  4. Linnaeus, Carl. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 303