Fritillaria messanensis

Fritillaria messanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Fritillaria
Species:	F. messanensis
Binomial name
Fritillaria messanensis Raf. 1815 not Boiss. 1842
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Lilium gracile Ebel (syn of ssp gracilis) Fritillaria gracilis (Ebel) Asch. & Graebn. (syn of ssp gracilis) Fritillaria neglecta Parl. (syn of ssp neglecta ) Fritillaria sphaciotica Gand. (syn of ssp sphaciotica )

Fritillaria messanensis is a European species of flowering plant in the lily family, native to southeastern Europe: Italy (Sicily, Calabria), Greece (incl. Crete), Albania, former Yugoslavia.^[1][2][3][4]

Subspecies^[1]

• Fritillaria messanensis subsp. gracilis (Ebel) Rix - Ionian Islands of Greece, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo
• Fritillaria messanensis subsp. messanensis - Greece, Sicily, Calabria
• Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta (Parl.) Nyman - Croatia, Macedonia
• Fritillaria messanensis subsp. sphaciotica (Gand.) Kamari & Phitos - Crete

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Fritillaria
3. Tomovic, G., S. Vukojicic, M. Niketic, B. Zlatkovic, V. Strevanovic. 2007. Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats, and some taxonomic notes. Phytologica Balcanica 13 (3):359-370
4. Lorenzo Peruzzi, Katia Francesca Caparelli & Fabrizio Bartolucci. 2009. Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta, a fourth subspecies within Fritillaria messanensis from NW Balkans. Candollea 64(2):237-244

External Links

• Alpine Garden Society Plant Encyclopaedia, Fritillaria messanensis
• Flowers of Northwest Crete
• Municipality of Sitia, Fritillaria messanensis - Phritilaria