Liliaceae
Gagea

Gagea graeca (L.) Irmisch

First published in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 172 (1863)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Greece to W. Türkiye, Cyprus, Israel. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, Palestine, Turkey

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Teksen, M. & Erkul, S.K. (2015). The synopsis of the genus Gagea (Liliaceae) in Turkey. Phytotaxa 230: 101-129.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] Lloydia graeca K002889524 No
Boissier, E. [s.n.] Greece Lloydia graeca K002889522 No
[Sceber] [s.n.] Greece Lloydia graeca K001613455 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Anthericum graecum K002889521 No
[Talbor, H.] [s.n.] Greece Anthericum graecum K002889523 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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