Fritillaria messanensis

subsp. gracilis

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Fritillaria messanensis is listed as Least Concern.

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 messanensis
Subspecies: F. m. subsp. gracilis – F. m. subsp. messanensis – F. m. subsp. neglecta – F. m. subsp. sphaciotica

Name

Fritillaria messanensis Raf. in Desvaux, J. Bot. Agric. 4: 272 (1815).

Homonyms

• Fritillaria messanensis Boiss. = Fritillaria lusitanica subsp. lusitanica

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Desvaux, N.A. 1815. Sur les ouvrages de M. Rafinesque-Schmaltz. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 4: 268–277. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rix, M. 1980. Fritillaria. Pp. 31–34 in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). xxxvi + 452 pp., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / London / New Rochelle / Melbourne / Sydney, ISBN 0-521-20108-X. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Fritillaria messanensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Fritillaria messanensis. Published online. Accessed: 9 Dec 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Fritillaria messanensis. Accessed: 9 Dec 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Fritillaria messanensis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 9. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

مصرى: فريتيلاريا ميسانينسيس
čeština: řebčík sicilský
Deutsch: Messina-Schachblume
íslenska: Meisulilja

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