Gagea pratensis

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Yellow star of Bethlehem
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. pratensis
Binomial name
Gagea pratensis
Synonyms [1]
Synonymy
  • Ornithogalum pratensePers.
  • Gagea bracteolarisSalisb.
  • Ornithoxanthum pratense(Pers.) Link
  • Stellaster pratensis(Pers.) Kuntze
  • Ornithogalum schreberiRchb.
  • Ornithogalum nudiscapumSchultz
  • Ornithogalum simplexBecker
  • Ornithogalum stenopetalumFr.
  • Ornithogalum intermediumSchultz ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ornithoxanthum stenopetalum(Fr.) Link
  • Gagea schreberiRchb.
  • Gagea stenopetala(Fr.) Rchb.
  • Ornithogalum glaucumDethard. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Gagea equitansWallr.
  • Gagea compositaOpiz
  • Gagea succedaneaGriseb. & Schenk
  • Gagea novaSamp. ex Lopes
  • Gagea gussonei(A.Terracc.) Stroh

Gagea pratensis, called the yellow star-of-Bethlehem, [2] is a European and Mediterranean plant species in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as Turkey and Morocco. [1] It was first described to science by Persoon in 1794. [3]

Gagea pratensis is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are generally yellow, sometimes with a green stripe along the backside of each tepal. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Naturegate, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Gagea pratensis
  3. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. 1794. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 11: 8l, as Ornithogalum pratense
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo dei prati, Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort. includes color photos plus European distribution map