Fritillaria messanensis

Fritillaria messanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Genus:	Fritillaria
Species:	F. messanensis
Binomial name
	Fritillaria messanensis; Raf. 1815 not Boiss. 1842
Synonyms
	Synonymy Lilium gracile Ebel (syn of ssp gracilis) ; Fritillaria gracilis (Ebel) Asch. & Graebn. (syn of ssp gracilis) ; Fritillaria neglecta Parl. (syn of ssp neglecta ) ; Fritillaria sphaciotica Gand. (syn of ssp sphaciotica ) ;

Fritillaria messanensis is a European species of flowering plant in the lily family, native to southeastern Europe: Italy (Sicily, Calabria), Greece (incl. Crete), Albania, former Yugoslavia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Fritillaria messanensis subsp. gracilis (Ebel) Rix - Ionian Islands of Greece, Albania, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo
Fritillaria messanensis subsp. messanensis - Greece, Sicily, Calabria
Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta (Parl.) Nyman - Croatia, Macedonia
Fritillaria messanensis subsp. sphaciotica (Gand.) Kamari & Phitos - Crete

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Fritillaria
^ Tomovic, G., S. Vukojicic, M. Niketic, B. Zlatkovic, V. Strevanovic. 2007. Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats, and some taxonomic notes. Phytologica Balcanica 13 (3):359-370
^ Lorenzo Peruzzi, Katia Francesca Caparelli & Fabrizio Bartolucci. 2009. Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta, a fourth subspecies within Fritillaria messanensis from NW Balkans. Candollea 64(2):237-244