Gagea minima

Gagea minima

Gagea minima

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Lilioideae
Genus: Gagea
Sectione: Gagea sect. Didymobulbos
Species: Gagea minima

Name

Gagea minima (L.) Ker Gawl., J. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 180 (1816).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ornithogalum minimum L., Sp. Pl.: 306 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Ornithogalum arvense Pers., Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 11: 8 (1794), nom. superfl.
  • Stellaris minima (L.) Moench, Methodus: 303 (1794).
  • Gagea stellaris Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 556 (1806), nom. superfl.
  • Gagea arvensis (Pers.) Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 140 (1827), nom. superfl.
  • Ornithoxanthum arvense (Pers.) Link, Handbuch 1: 161 (1829).
  • Ornithoxanthum minimum (L.) Link, Handbuch 1: 162 (1829).
  • Stellaster arvensis (Pers.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 715 (1891).
  • Stellaster minimus (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 716 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Ornithogalum minutum Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 14 (1773).
  • Ornithogalum proliferum Pall., Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur.: 49 (1795).
  • Ornithogalum minimum var. acaule DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 215 (1805).
  • Ornithogalum minimum var. bulbiferum DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 215 (1805).
  • Ornithogalum sternbergii Hoppe, Bot. Zeitung (Regensburg) 5: 339 (1806).
  • Ornithogalum callosum Kit. ex Schult., Oestr. Fl., ed. 2, 1: 557 (1814).
  • Ornithogalum gracile K.G.Hagen, Chlor. Boruss.: 122 (1819).
  • Gagea sternbergii (Hoppe) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 418 (1826).
  • Ornithogalum arvense var. bulbiferum (DC.) Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 2: 510 (1828).
  • Gagea callosa (Kit.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 554 (1829).
  • Ornithogalum acutipetalum Herb. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 540 (1829).
  • Ornithoxanthum gracile (K.G.Hagen) Link, Handbuch 1: 162 (1829).
  • Ornithoxanthum sternbergii (Hoppe) Link, Handbuch 1: 162 (1829).
  • Ornithogalum arvense var. acaule (DC.) Lej. & Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 19 (1831).
  • Gagea baumgarteniana Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 667 (1866).
  • Gagea minima var. albiflora V.J.Zinger, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 61(II): 333 (1881).
  • Gagea minima var. callosa (Kit.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 725 (1882).
  • Gagea minima var. calabra N.Terracc., Atti Reale Accad. Sci. Fis., ser. 2, 8(9): 6 (1896).
  • Gagea minima f. robusta Piotr., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 39: 28 (1897).
  • Gagea callosa var. alpina A.Terracc., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 1065 (1905).
  • Gagea minima f. rufula A.Terracc., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 1065 (1905).
  • Gagea minima var. robusta (Piotr.) Pascher, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou, n.s., 19: 358 (1907).
  • Gagea minima f. paradoxa Illitsch., Zap. Polt. Agrokoop. 1: 28 (1927).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Germany Regional: Northern Europe North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Finland Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia , Sweden Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Krym, Romania, South European Russi, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Lebanon-Syria, Turkey Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ker Gawler, J.B., 1816. Journal of Science and the Arts. London 1: 180. Ker Gawl.}},

Additional references

• Peruzzi, L. & Gargano, D. 2005. Distribuzione del genere Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Calabria. Informatore Botanico Italiano 37: 1117–1124. Reference page. 
• Levichev, I.G. 2006. A review of the Gagea (Liliaceae) species in the flora of Caucasus. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 91: 917-951. Reference page. 
• Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. 2014. Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication. Reference page. 
• Güner, A., Kandemir, A., Menemen, Y., Yıldırım, H., Aslan, S., Ekşi, G., Güner, İ. & Çimen, A.Ö. (eds.)  2018. Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey). Vol. 2. Lycopodiaceae – Liliaceae. ANG Vakfı Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi Yayınları. İstanbul. 1053 pp. ISBN 978-605-67172-3-9. Reference page. 
• Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając, A., Zając, M. 2020. Vascular Plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. 526 pp., W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-83-62975-45-7 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Gagea minima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Gagea minima. Published online. Accessed: 3 Jan 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Gagea minima. Accessed: 3 Jan 2025.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Gagea minima. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan 3. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

čeština: křivatec nejmenší
Deutsch: Kleiner Gelbstern
suomi: Pikkukäenrieska
hornjoserbsce: Mólička zaznička
Nederlands: Kleiner Gelbstern
polski: Złoć mała
русский: Гусиный лук малый
svenska: Dvärgvårlök

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