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Scilla autumnalis L. | ||
APG-Fam.: Asparagacae / Asparagus Fam. Fam. tradit.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam. |
Synon.: Prospero autumnale (L.) SPETA |
Genus: Scilla L., Prospero SALISB. |
Authors: | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Franz Speta (1941 - 2015), Austrian botanist with main focus on Liliaceae s. l. | |||
Richard Anthony Salisbury (Richard Markham, 1761 - 1829), English botanist | |||
Etymology: | |||
Scilla: | Greek name of the Sea Squill Charybdis maritima | ||
autumnalis: | in autumn | ||
Prospero: | Prospero, figure from Shakespeare's drama 'The Tempest' | ||
SPETA divided the Scilla autumnalis aggregate in at least 11 (micro-)species, but he didn't publish a key to differ these. Beside Scilla autumnalis s.str. which is widespread in almost the whole Mediterranean and Central Europe I have seen Scilla elisae in Northwest Greece. | ||
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