Gagea minima

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Gagea minima
Gagea minima flower - Keila.jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. minima
Binomial name
Gagea minima
Synonyms [2]
Synonymy
  • Ornithogalum minimumL. (basionym) [3]
  • Ornithogalum arvensePers.
  • Stellaris minima(L.) Moench
  • Gagea stellarisSalisb.
  • Gagea arvensis(Pers.) Dumort.
  • [Ornithoxanthum arvense(Pers.) Link
  • Ornithoxanthum minimum(L.) Link
  • Stellaster arvensis(Pers.) Kuntze
  • Stellaster minimus(L.) Kuntze
  • Ornithogalum minutumPall.
  • Ornithogalum pannonicumChaix ex Vill.
  • Ornithogalum proliferumPall.
  • Ornithogalum sternbergiiHoppe
  • Ornithogalum callosumKit.
  • Ornithogalum gracileK.G.Hagen
  • Gagea sternbergii(Hoppe) Sweet
  • Gagea callosa(Kit.) Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ornithogalum acutipetalumHerb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ornithoxanthum gracile(K.G.Hagen) Link
  • Ornithoxanthum sternbergii(Hoppe) Link
  • Gagea baumgartenianaSchur

Gagea minima, known as the least gagea, is a Eurasian species of plants in the lily family. [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Its native range is quite large, as it is found in much of south-central, southeastern, central and northern Europe (Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, and from there eastwards into European Russia), with additional populations in the Caucasus region. [2] [1] [10]

Gagea minima is a bulb-forming perennial up to 20 cm tall. Flowers are bright lemon yellow, sometimes green on the underside of the tepals. [10]

References

  1. 1 2  Species was published under this name in J. Sci. Arts (London) 1:180. 1816 "Gagea minima". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3.  Species was originally described and published under the genus Ornithogalum , in the Species plantarum 1:306. 1753 "Ornithogalum minimum". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  4. Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  5. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  6. Diemeer, J. (2005). Gagea miniata (L.) Ker-Gawl. nieuw in Nederland - een erfenis van Linnaeus ?. Gorteria; Mededelingenblad ten Dienste van de Floristiek en het Vegetatie-Onderzoek van Nederland 31: 11-17.
  7. Peruzzi, L. & Gargano, D. (2005). Distribuzione del genere Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Calabria. Informatore Botanico Italiano 37: 1117-1124.
  8. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  9. Levichev, I.G. (2006). A review of the Gagea (Liliaceae) species in the flora of Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 91: 917-951.
  10. 1 2 Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo minore Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl. includes photos, European distribution map, etc.