Scilla nana

Scilla nana subsp. albescens

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: Scilla
Sectio: S. sect. Nigriscilla
Series: S. ser. Chionodoxa
Species: Scilla nana
Subspecies: S. n. subsp. albescens – S. n. subsp. nana

Name

Scilla nana (Schult.f.) Speta, Österr. Bot. Z. 119(1–3): 14 (1971).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hyacinthus nanus Schult.f. in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7(1): 581 (1829).
    • Typus: Greece, Crete, in altiss[imis] M[ontibus] Sphak[ioticis], 1817, Sieber (Lectotype, designated by Speta (1976: Naturk. Jahrb. Linz 21: 14, t. I): M; isolectotypi: G, BM)
• Homotypic
  • Chionodoxa nana (Schult.f.) Boiss. & Heldr., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 1, 13: 24 (1854).
  • Puschkinia scilloides Sieber, Reise Kreta 2: 319, t. 7 (1823) nom. illeg. non Puschkinia scilloides Adams
    

Note: RBG Kew circumscribe the subspecies as synonyms maintaining taxa in their broadest sense unless there is very good reason for not doing so Govaerts et al. (2019). The subspecies are accepted by Dimopoulos et al., 2013.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Kriti. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Speta, F. 1971. Beitrag zur Systematik von Scilla L. subgen. Scilla (incl. Chionodoxa Boiss.). Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 119(1–3): 6–18. DOI:10.1007/BF01373105. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Speta, F. 1976. Über Chionodoxa Boiss., ihre Gliederung und Zugehörigkeit zu Scilla L. Naturkundliches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 21: 9–79. PDF. Reference page. 
• Speta, F. 1998. Systematische Analyse der Gattung Scilla L. s.l. (Hyacinthaceae). Phyton (Horn) 38(1): 1–141. PDF Reference page. 
• Speta, F. 1998. Die Scilla-Arten (Hyacinthaceae) der griechischen Inseln Kreta und Karpathos. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 30(1): 431–437. PDF. Reference page.  (confirming infraspecific division)
• Andersson, I.A. 1991. Scilla. Pp. 696–697 in Strid, A. & Tan, K. (eds.), Mountain Flora of Greece. Volume Two. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 974 pp. ISBN 0-7486-0207-0. Reference page.  (infraspecific division not accepted)

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2009. Scilla nana. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 9 2009.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Scilla nana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Feb. 2015.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Scilla nana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Feb. 2. Reference page.  (infraspecific division not accepted)
• Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatroú, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013. Vascular Plants of Greece: An Annotated Checklist. Englera 31: 1–368. JSTOR PDF Reference page.  (infraspecific division accepted)
• Photos of Scilla nana subsp. nana