Biarum tenuifolium

Biarum tenuifolium is a cormous flowering plant species in the family Araceae.

Biarum tenuifolium
Biarum tenuifolium subsp. abbreviatum flowering
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Genus:	Biarum
Species:	B. tenuifolium
Binomial name
Biarum tenuifolium (L.) Schott
Synonyms[1]
Arum tenuifolium L. Arum gramineum Lam. Biarum constrictum C.Koch Biarum anguillare Schott Homaida tenuifolia (L.) Kuntze Stenurus tenuifolium (L.) Salisb.

Taxonomy

Within the genus Biarum, it is the only species in subgenus Biarum.^[2]

Subspecies

Six subspecies are generally recognized:^[2][3][1]

• Biarum tenuifolium subsp. tenuifolium: southern Italy to the southern Balkans.
• Biarum tenuifolium subsp. zelebori: Greece and south-western Turkey.
• Biarum tenuifolium subsp. arundanum: heavy terra rossa soils in Portugal and Spain
• Biarum tenuifolium subsp. galianii: loose sandy soils in south-western Spain.
• Biarum tenuifolium subsp. abbreviatum: Central Mediterranean, from Italy to Greece.
• Biarum tenuifolium subsp. idomenaeum: Crete.

Subspecies arundanum and galianii have also been treated as two independent species (Biarum arundanum and Biarum galianii),^[4] or lumped together under Biarum arundanum.^[5]