Erythronium caucasicum
| Erythronium caucasicum | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Erythronium |
| Species: | E. caucasicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythronium caucasicum Woronow[1] | |
Erythronium caucasicum is a bulbous perennial plant in the lily family, native to the western and central Caucasus and the Alborz Mountains in North Iran.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The leaves are spotted. In contrast with its closest relative, Erythronium dens-canis,[8] the anthers are yellow. The petals are usually white or yellowish.
References
- ↑ Woronow, Georg Jurij Nikolaewitch. 1933. Trudy Botanicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR. Ser. 1. Flora i Sistematika Vyssikh Rastenii. Acta Instituti Botanici Academiae Scientiarum URPSS
- ↑ Mathew, B. 1992. A taxonomic and horticultural review of Erythronium L. (Liliaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 109: 453-471
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Rechinger, K.H., Browicz, K., Persson, K. & Wendelbo, P. (1990). Flora Iranica 165: 1-194. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- ↑ Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- ↑ Clennett, C. (2014). The genus Erythronium: 1-158. Kew Publishing, Kew.
- ↑ Allen G.A., Soltis D.E., Soltis P.S. 2003. Phylogeny and biogeography of Erythronium (Liliaceae) inferred from chloroplast matK and nuclear rDNA ITS sequences. Systematic Botany 28: 512-523
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