Gagea kunawurensis

Gagea kunawurensis is an Asian species of plants in the lily family.[1] It is native to Central Asia, Xinjiang, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Western Himalayas, and South Caucasus.[2][3][4]

Gagea kunawurensis
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. kunawurensis
Binomial name
Gagea kunawurensis
(Royle) Greuter
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Lloydia kunawurensis Royle
  • Gagea stipitata Merckl. ex Bunge
  • Gagea persica var. ebulbillosa Boiss.
  • Gagea thesioides C.A.Mey. ex Boiss.
  • Gagea ova Stapf.
  • Gagea stipitata var. mercklinii Pascher
  • Gagea stipitata var. ova (Stapf) Pascher
  • Gagea mercklinii (Pascher) Levichev
  • Gagea ebulbillosa (Boiss.) Levichev

Gagea kunawurensis is a bulb-forming perennial up to 15 cm tall. Its leaves are very narrow and thread-like, up to 15 cm long. The flowers are white or very pale yellow.[5][6][7][8]

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.
  3. Zarrei, M., Wilkin, P. & Chase, M.W. (2011). Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Iran: an updated species checklist. Phytotaxa 15: 33-43.
  4. Zarrei, M., Wilkin, P., Noltie, H.J., Ingrouille, M.J. & Chase, M.W. (2011). Clarifying the nomenclature and taxonomy of Gagea kunawurensis (Royle) Greuter (Liliaceae) and allied taxa. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 68: 43-59.
  5. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 121 多球顶冰花 duo qiu ding bing hua Gagea ova Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50(2): 16. 1885.
  6. Greuter, Werner Rodolfo 1970. Israel Journal of Botany 19: 155
  7. Royle, John Forbes 1839. Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains :and of the flora of Cashmere 1:388 in Latin
  8. Royle, John Forbes 1839. Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains :and of the flora of Cashmere vol 2, plate 93, figure 3 at upper right color illustration of Gagea kunawurensis, as Lloydia kunawurensis


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