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

Synon.:  Schnarfia messeniaca  (BOISS.) SPETA

Genus:  Scilla  L.,  Schnarfia  SPETA

Scilla messeniaca is a Squill that blooms blue in spring and only occurs in Greece in the Taygetos region at low altitudes in ravines and rocky slopes. Most probably this is the shown species, because the three other Scilla found in the Peloponnese are high mountain plants with only two leaves. Other related genera such as e.g. Bellevalia, Muscari, Hyacinthella, Prospero, Allium, and Ornithogalum have a different stature (e.g. a denser or longer inflorescence, or shorter or narrower leaves).


Authors:
   BOISS.:  Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810 - 1885), Swiss botanist
   SPETA:  Franz Speta (1941 - 2015), Austrian botanist with main focus on Liliaceae s. l.
   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
   messeniaca:   from Messenia (Southwest Peloponnese, Greece)
   Schnarfia:   Karl Schnarf (1879 - 1947), Austrian botanist with main focus on Liliaceae s.l.
 

Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill, GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Fig. 1:  Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill, GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Fig. 2:  Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill, GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Fig. 3:  Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill, GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Fig. 4:  Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill, GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024
Fig. 5:  Scilla messeniaca / Messenian Squill
GR Peloponnes, Taygetos, Viros - Gorge 25.5.2024

 


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