Fessia

Fessia puschkinioides as syn. Scilla puschkinoides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Hyacintheae
Subtribus: Hyacinthinae
Genus: Fessia
Species: F. assadii – F. bisotunensis – F. furseorum – F. gorganica – F. greilhuberi – F. hohenackeri – F. khorassanica – F. olangensis – F. parwanica – F. purpurea – F. puschkinioides – F. raewskiana – F. vvedenskyi

Name

Fessia Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 100 (1998).

• Type species: Fessia hohenackeri (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 101 (1998).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Scilla sect. Fessia (Speta) Mordak, Konspekt Fl. Kavkaza 2: 126 (2006).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan, West Himalaya. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Speta, F. 1998. Systematische Analyse der Gattung Scilla L. s.l. (Hyacinthaceae). Phyton (Horn) 38(1): 1–141. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Fessia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 5. Reference page. 

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