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	Bellevalia hyacinthoides  (BERTOL.) K.PERSS. & WENDELBO

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

Synon.:  Strangweja spicata  BERTOL.

Genus:  Bellevalia  LAPEYR.,  Strangweja  BERTOL.

Authors:
	BERTOL.:		Antonio Bertoloni (1775 - 1869), Italian botanist
	K.PERSS.:		Karin Persson (1938 - ), Swedish botanist
	WENDELBO:		Per Erland Berg Wendelbo (1927 - 1981), Norwegian botanist, worked at Gothenburg (Sweden)
	LAPEYR.:		Philippe Picot de Lapeyrouse (1744 - 1818), naturalist from Toulouse (France)

Etymology:
	Bellevalia:		Pierre Richer de Belleval (1564 - 1632), French physician and botanist (RICH.BELL.)
	hyacinthoides:		similar to a Hyacinth
	Strangweja:		William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, Earl of Ilchester (1795 - 1865), British diplomat and botanist
	spicata:		spiked

Fig. 1:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Akrokorinth 18.1.2011 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 2:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Akrokorinth 18.1.2011 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 3:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Gerania - Mountains, Perachora 30.1.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 4:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Gerania - Mountains, Perachora 30.1.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 5:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Gerania - Mountains, Perachora 30.1.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 6:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Gerania - Mountains, Perachora 30.1.2013 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 7:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Gerania - Mountains, Perachora 4.3.2012 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

Fig. 8:  Bellevalia hyacinthoides / Squill GR Gerania - Mountains, Perachora 4.3.2012 (Photo: Gisela Nikolopoulou)

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