Fritillaria orientalis
| Fritillaria orientalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Fritillaria |
| Species: | F. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fritillaria orientalis Adams | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Fritillaria orientalis is a Eurasian species of monocotyledon plant of the lily family.[2] It was described by Johann Friedrich Adam in 1805, based on specimens collected in Ossetia.[3]
Fritillaria orientalis flourishes on grass and brush in limestone valleys. The plant flowers from April until May. The flowers are purple, borne singly, or in twos or threes.[3][4][5]
The species grows in France, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Austria, Moldova, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkey, and the Caucasus.[6][7]
Gallery
Flower detail
References
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 1 2 Johann Friedrich Adams in F. Weber & D.M.H.Mohr. 1805. Beiträge zur Naturkunde 1: 50.
- ↑ Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1806. Botanical Magazine (London) 24: t. 952, as Fritillaria racemosa
- ↑ Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica exhibens stirpes phaenogamas, in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Charkouiae 1: 269, Fritillaria tenella
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Meleagride minore, Fritillaria orientalis Adam
- ↑ Malesh Mountain, Fritillaria orientalis photo, description, distribution information; Malesh Mountain is on the border of Bulgaria + Macedonia
External links
- Carpathian Basin, Fritillaria orientalis photos
- Calphotos, University of California @ Berkeley, Fritillaria orientalis photo by Mike Ireland
- Riserva Naturale della Val Rosandra, Fritillaria orientalis è nella Regione presente solo nella porzione sud orientale del Carso photo; captions in Italian
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