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	Scilla nivalis BOISS. ?

APG-Fam.: Asparagacae / Asparagus Fam. Fam. tradit.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam.

Genus: Scilla L.

Authors:
	BOISS.:	Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 - 1885), Swiss botanist
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Scilla:	Greek name of the Sea Squill Charybdis maritima
	nivalis:	snow

The budding plant from Samos seems very puzzling to me because Scilla bifolia s.str. does not occur in Greece, and the Scilla bifolia-like species mentioned for the East Aegean islands in 'Vascular Plants of Greece - An annotated Checklist' Scilla nivalis, Scilla longistylosa, and Scilla voethorum have all very narrow leaves of 4 to 10 mm width, but the leaves on the photo are looking wider.

Fig. 1: Scilla nivalis ? / Snow Squill
Samos, Lazaros in Mt. Ambelos 12.4.2017

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