Fritillaria eduardii

Fritillaria eduardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Fritillaria
Species:	F. eduardii
Binomial name
*Fritillaria eduardii* A.Regel ex Regel
Synonyms
Synonymy Fritillaria imperialis var. eduardii (Regel) Regel Fritillaria imperialis var. inodora-purpurea Regel Petilium eduardii (Regel) Vved. (syn of var. eduardii) Fritillaria imperialis var. inodora Regel(syn of var. eduardii) Fritillaria inodora (Regel) Tubergen (syn of var. eduardii)

Fritillaria eduardii is a species of flowering plant in the lily family, native to Central Asia.^[1]^[2] It is closely related to the widely cultivated species, F. imperialis, called "Crown imperial."^[3]^[4]

Varieties

Fritillaria eduardii var. inodora (Regel) Wietsma - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Fritillaria eduardii var. eduardii - Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

References

↑ Regel, Eduard August von 1884. Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada. Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg 8: page 653, plate 2.
↑ The International Plant Names Index
↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
↑ Linnaeus, Carl. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 303

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