Ornithogalum nivale

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Ornithogaleae
Genus: Ornithogalum
Species: Ornithogalum nivale

Name

Ornithogalum nivale Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 5: 65 (1844).

• Typus: Turkey, prov. Izmir, “ad nivem deliquescentem in summo cacumine Tmoli occidentalis supra Bozdagh”, vi 1842, Boissier (Holotype: G-BOIS 00330004)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Turkey (İzmir). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 5. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. 91 pp. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cullen, J. 1984. Ornithogalum. Pp. 227–245 in Davis, P.H. (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands. Vol. 8 (Butomaceae to Typhaceae). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 632 pp., ISBN 0-85224-494-0. Reference page. 
• Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ornithogalum nivale in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 December 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ornithogalum nivale. Published online. Accessed 14 December 2020.