Gagea chrysantha

Gagea chrysantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Gagea
Species: G. chrysantha
Binomial name
Gagea chrysantha
Schult. & Schult.f.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ornithogalum chrysanthum Jan
  • Stellaster chrysanthus Kuntze

Gagea chrysantha is a European species of plants in the lily family, found only in Italy. It is native to the regions of Sardinia, Sicily, Calabria, Basilicata, and Apulia.[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]

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
  3. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo greco Gagea chrysantha


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