Fritillaria lusitanica

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Fritillaria lusitanica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species:
F. lusitanica
Binomial name
Fritillaria lusitanica
Synonyms [2]
Synonymy
  • Fritillaria messanensisBoiss. 1842, illegitimate homonym not Raf. 1814
  • Fritillaria hispanicaBoiss. & Reut.
  • Fritillaria mariaSennen
  • Fritillaria stenophyllaBoiss. & Reut. (syn of subsp. stenophylla)

Fritillaria lusitanica is a species of plant in the lily family Liliaceae, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. [2]

It is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial. The flowers are nodding (hanging), purple, sometimes with a green stripe along the central part of each tepal. [3]

Its populations occurs scattered and usually with small numbers of individuals in central and southwestern areas of the Peninsula. [1]

Subspecies [2]
formerly included [2]

Several other names have been coined at the varietal and subspecific levels for taxa once thought to be parts of the species Fritillaria lusitanica but now considered better suited to other species.

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Flower.

References

  1. 1 2 Carapeto, A., Fraga i Arquimbau, P., García Murillo, P.G., Pinto Cruz, C. & Ríos Ruiz, S. (2018). "Fritillaria lusitanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T13137274A121058546. Retrieved 14 December 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Wikström, Johan Emanuel 1821. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 352