Fritillaria lusitanica
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Fritillaria lusitanica is a species of plant in the lily family Liliaceae, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Fritillaria |
Species: | F. lusitanica |
Binomial name | |
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It is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial. The flowers are nodding (hanging), purple, sometimes with a green stripe along the central part of each tepal.[3]
Its populations occurs scattered and usually with small numbers of individuals in central and southwestern areas of the Peninsula.[1]
- Subspecies[2]
- Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. lusitanica
- Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. stenophylla (Boiss. & Reut.) K.Richt
- formerly included[2]
Several other names have been coined at the varietal and subspecific levels for taxa once thought to be parts of the species Fritillaria lusitanica but now considered better suited to other species.
- Fritillaria lusitanica var. algeriensis, now called Fritillaria oranensis
- Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. macrocarpa, now called Fritillaria macrocarpa
- Fritillaria lusitanica var. neglecta, now called Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta
- Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. neglecta, now called Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta
- Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. oranensis, now called Fritillaria oranensis