Fritillaria gibbosa

Fritillaria gibbosa is a species of herbaceous perennial plant in the lily family Liliaceae.[2][3] It is native to Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Transcaucasia.[1][4]

Fritillaria gibbosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species:
F. gibbosa
Binomial name
Fritillaria gibbosa
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Fritillaria garelinii f. gibbosa (Boiss.) Bornm.
  • Fritillaria karelinii f. gibbosa (Boiss.) Bornm.
  • Rhinopetalum gibbosum (Boiss.) Losinsk. & Vved.
  • Fritillaria pterocarpa Stocks
  • Rhinopetalum triste Eversm. ex Ledeb.
  • Rhinopetalum boissieri Klatt

Fritillaria gibbosa is up to 30 cm (12 in) tall. The flowers are rotate (wide open and nearly flat) rather than bell-shaped as in most of the species in the genus, and pink with darker spots.[5]

References

  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org.
  2. "Fritillaria gibbosa Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. "Fritillaria gibbosa Boiss". World Flora Online. The World Flora Online Consortium. n.d. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, series 1, 7: 107
  5. "Fritillaria gibbosa in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
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