Fritillaria unibracteata

Fritillaria unibracteata is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan Provinces in China.[1][2]

Fritillaria unibracteata
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. unibracteata
Binomial name
Fritillaria unibracteata
P.G. Xiao & K.C. Hsia
Synonyms[1]
  • Fritillaria sulcisquamosa S.Y.Tang & S.C.Yueh
  • Fritillaria lixianensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu
  • Fritillaria unibracteata var. ganziensis Y.K.Yang & J.K.Wu
  • Fritillaria unibracteata var. maculata S.Y.Tang & S.C.Yueh
  • Fritillaria unibracteata var. sulcisquamosa (S.Y.Tang & S.C.Yueh) P.K.Hsiao & S.C.Yu
  • Fritillaria wabuensis S.Y.Tang & S.C.Yueh (syn of F. unibracteata var. wabuensis)

It is a bulb-forming perennial up to 40 cm tall. The flowers are pendent and nodding, bell-shaped, dark purple with yellowish-brown markings.[2]

Varieties[1]
  • Fritillaria unibracteata var. longinectarea S.Y.Tang & S.C.Yueh - Sichuan
  • Fritillaria unibracteata var. unibracteata - Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan
  • Fritillaria unibracteata var. wabuensis (S.Y.Tang & S.C.Yueh) Z.D.Liu, Shu Wang & S.C.Chen - Sichuan

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 131 暗紫贝母 an zi bei mu Fritillaria unibracteata P. K. Hsiao & K. C. Hsia in S. C. Chen & K. C. Hsia, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 15(2): 39. 1977.
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