Gagea minima

Gagea minima, known as the least gagea, is a Eurasian species of plants in the lily family.[2][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Gagea minima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. minima
Binomial name
Gagea minima
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy
  • Ornithogalum minimum L. (basionym)[3]
  • Ornithogalum arvense Pers.
  • Stellaris minima (L.) Moench
  • Gagea stellaris Salisb.
  • Gagea arvensis (Pers.) Dumort.
  • [Ornithoxanthum arvense (Pers.) Link
  • Ornithoxanthum minimum (L.) Link
  • Stellaster arvensis (Pers.) Kuntze
  • Stellaster minimus (L.) Kuntze
  • Ornithogalum minutum Pall.
  • Ornithogalum pannonicum Chaix ex Vill.
  • Ornithogalum proliferum Pall.
  • Ornithogalum sternbergii Hoppe
  • Ornithogalum callosum Kit.
  • Ornithogalum gracile K.G.Hagen
  • Gagea sternbergii (Hoppe) Sweet
  • Gagea callosa (Kit.) Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ornithogalum acutipetalum Herb. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ornithoxanthum gracile (K.G.Hagen) Link
  • Ornithoxanthum sternbergii (Hoppe) Link
  • Gagea baumgarteniana Schur

Its native range is quite large, as it is found in much of south-central, southeastern, central and northern Europe (Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, and from there eastwards into European Russia), with additional populations in the Caucasus region.[2][1][10]

Gagea minima is a bulb-forming perennial up to 20 cm tall. Flowers are bright lemon yellow, sometimes green on the underside of the tepals.[10]

References
  1.  Species was published under this name in J. Sci. Arts (London) 1:180. 1816 "Gagea minima". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3.  Species was originally described and published under the genus Ornithogalum, in the Species plantarum 1:306. 1753 "Ornithogalum minimum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  4. Komarov, V.L. (ed.) (1935). Flora SSSR 4: 1-586. Izdatel'stov Akademii Nauk SSSR, Leningrad.
  5. Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1958). Flora Kazakhstana 2: 1-290. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  6. Diemeer, J. (2005). Gagea miniata (L.) Ker-Gawl. nieuw in Nederland - een erfenis van Linnaeus ?. Gorteria; Mededelingenblad ten Dienste van de Floristiek en het Vegetatie-Onderzoek van Nederland 31: 11-17.
  7. Peruzzi, L. & Gargano, D. (2005). Distribuzione del genere Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Calabria. Informatore Botanico Italiano 37: 1117-1124.
  8. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  9. Levichev, I.G. (2006). A review of the Gagea (Liliaceae) species in the flora of Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 91: 917-951.
  10. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo minore Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl. includes photos, European distribution map, etc.
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