Bellevalia

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: Bellevalia
Species: B. anatolica – B. assadii – B. aucheri – B. bayburtensis – B. behcetii – B. brevipedicellata – B. chrisii – B. ciliata – B. clusiana – B. crassa – B. cyanopoda – B. cyrenaica – B. decolorans – B. densiflora – B. desertorum – B. douinii – B. dubia – B. edirnensis – B. eigii – B. feinbruniae – B. flexuosa – B. fominii – B. galitensis – B. glauca – B. gracilis – B. hermonis – B. heweri – B. hyacinthoides – B. juliana – B. koeiei – B. koyuncui – B. kurdistanica – B. leucantha – B. lipskyi – B. longipes – B. longistyla – B. macrobotrys – B. malatyaensis – B. mathewii – B. mauritanica – B. modesta – B. montana – B. mosheovii – B. multicolor – B. nivalis – B. olivieri – B. palmyrensis – B. paradoxa – B. parva – B. pseudofominii – B. pseudolongipes – B. rixii – B. romana – B. salah-eidii – B. sasonii – B. saviczii – B. sessiliflora – B. shiraziana – B. sirnakensis – B. sitiaca – B. speciosa – B. spicata – B. stepporum – B. tabriziana – B. tauri – B. trifoliata – B. tristis – B. turcica – B. turkestanica – B. undulatifolia – B. validicarpa – B. vuralii – B. warburgii – B. webbiana – B. wendelboi – B. zoharyi

Name

Bellevalia Lapeyr., J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 67: 425 (1808). nom. cons.

Type species: Bellevalia romana (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 419 (1826).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Strangweja Bertol., Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena, Pt. Mem. Fis. 21: 2 (1835).
- Borboya Raf., Fl. Tellur. 3: 52 (1836).
- Foxia Parl., Nuov. Gen. Sp. Monocot. 7 (1854).
- Amphibolis Schott & Kotschy in Kotschy, Reise Taur. 379 (1858). nom. illeg.
- Busbequia Salisb., Gen. Pl. 25 (1866).
- Rytidolobus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 113 (1867).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Eastern Europe
  - Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
Asia-Temperate
- Middle Asia
  - Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Pakistan.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lapeyrouse, P.P. de, 1808. Bellevalia. Nouveau genre de plante de la famille des Liliacées. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 67(12): 425–427. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bellevalia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar. 7. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Bellevalia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Mar. 2014.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bellevalia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 28 2019.

Vernacular names

հայերեն: Ալայազ, բելեվալիա

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