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Gagea pauciflora

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Gagea pauciflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. pauciflora
Binomial name
Gagea pauciflora
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Plecostigma pauciflorum Turcz. ex Trautv.
  • Szechenyia lloydioides Kanitz
  • Lloydia szechenyiana Engl.
  • Gagea lloydioides (Kanitz) Pascher
  • Gagea provisa Pascher
  • Gagea pauciflora var. karoana Pascher

Gagea pauciflora is an Asian species of plants in the lily family.[1] It is native to Mongolia, Russia (Primorye, Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Altay Krai, Buryatia), and China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Tibet).[1][2][3]

Gagea pauciflora is a bulb-forming perennial up to 30 cm tall. Flowers yellowish-green.[4][5][6] The specific epithet pauciflora, refers to the Latin term for 'few flowered'.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  3. ^ Malyschev L.I. & Peschkova , G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 4: 1-238. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  4. ^ Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 119 少花顶冰花 shao hua ding bing hua Gagea pauciflora(Turczaninow ex Trautvetter) Ledebour
  5. ^ Turczaninow, Nicolai Stepanowitsch. 1854. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 27(2): 113 in Latin
  6. ^ Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von. 1853. Flora Rossica 4: 143 in Latin
  7. ^ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 106, at Google Books
  8. ^ D. Gledhill The Names of Plants, p. 220, at Google Books
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