Fritillaria atropurpurea

Fritillaria atropurpurea, Kyle Canyon, Spring Mountains, Southern Nevada.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species Fritillaria atropurpurea

Name

Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 54 (1834).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Fritillaria alba Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 222. 1818, nom. rej.
    • Amblirion album (Nutt.) Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 538 (1830).
  • Fritillaria linearis J.M.Coult. & Fisher, Bot. Gaz. 17: 352 (1892).
  • Fritillaria gracillima Smiley, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 143 (1921).
    • Fritillaria atropurpurea var. gracillima (Smiley) D.W.Taylor, Fl. Yosemite Sierra: 373. 2010.
  • Fritillaria adamantina M.Peck, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 50: 93 (1937).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1834. A catalogue of a collection of plants made chiefly in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains or northern Andes, towards the sources of the Columbia River, by Mr. Nathaniel B. Wyeth. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 5–60, pl. 1–8. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ness, B. 2002. Fritillaria. Pp. 164–171 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. 723 pp. Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford, ISBN 0-19-515208-5. efloras FNA Website Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Fritillaria atropurpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 23. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Fritillaria atropurpurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 July 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Fritillaria atropurpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 July 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Fritillaria atropurpurea. Published online. Accessed: July 23 2022.

Vernacular names

English: spotted fritillary

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