Gagea chrysantha

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Gagea chrysantha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. chrysantha
Binomial name
Gagea chrysantha
Schult. & Schult.f.
Synonyms [1]
  • Ornithogalum chrysanthumJan
  • Stellaster chrysanthusKuntze

Gagea chrysantha is a European species of plants in the lily family, found only in Sicily, Italy. [1] Similar populations from the eastern Mediterranean have long been referred to G. chrysantha but recent evidence suggests that this group is actually a complex of several species rather than a single species. [2]

Gagea chrysantha is a bulb-forming herb with yellow flowers. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Lorenzo, Peruzzi (2008). "Contribution to the cytotaxonomical knowledge of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae). III. New karyological data from the central Mediterranean area". Caryologia. 61 (1): 92–106. doi:10.1080/00087114.2008.10589615.
  3. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo greco Gagea chrysantha