Fritillaria graeca

Species of plant in the family Liliaceae

Fritillaria graeca

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Liliales
Family:  | Liliaceae
Subfamily:  | Lilioideae
Tribe:  | Lilieae
Genus:  | Fritillaria
Species:  |

F. graeca

Binomial name
Fritillaria graeca

Boiss. & Spruner

Synonyms[1][2]

* Fritillaria graeca var. guicciardii (Heldr. & Sart.) Boiss.
* Fritillaria graeca var. unicolor Halácsy
* Fritillaria guicciardii Heldr. & Sart.
* Fritillaria zahnii Heldr.

Fritillaria graeca is a European plant species in the lily family Liliaceae.[3] It is native to the Balkans (Albania, Bulgaria,[4] North Macedonia, and Greece).[5] Some older literature says that the plant can also be found in Serbia, but all these collections are of var. gussichiae, now regarded as a distinct species called Fritillaria gussichiae.[6]

Fritillaria graeca has flowers with red and white stripes which resemble small bells - one on each stem. It blooms between April and May. It reaches a height of around 25 cm.[7][8]

Subspecies[1][2]

* Fritillaria graeca subsp. graeca \- eastern + southern Greece including Crete
* Fritillaria graeca subsp. thessala (Boiss.) Rix[9] \- Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, northern Greece

formerly included[1]

* Fritillaria graeca var. gussichiae, now called Fritillaria gussichiae
* Fritillaria graeca var. skorpili, now called Fritillaria skorpili

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c The Plant List
2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graecasubsp. thessala
3. ^ "Fritillaria graeca Boiss. & Spruner". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
4. ^ "Tisata Reserve". Official Site of Pirin National Park. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Fritillaria graeca
6. ^ Tomovic, G., S. Vukojicic, M. Niketic, B. Zlatkovic, V. Strevanovic. 2007. Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats, and some taxonomic notes. Phytologica Balcanica 13 (3):359-370
7. ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Wilhelm von Spruner. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium novarum. Lipsiae ser. 1, 7: 104.
8. ^ Micevski, Kiril. 1987. Acta Botanica Croatica 37: 212, as Fritillaria ionica var. ochridana from Croatia
9. ^ Rix, Edward Martin. 1978. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 76: 356.

Taxon identifiers

Fritillaria graeca|

* Wikidata: Q5504783
* Wikispecies: Fritillaria graeca
* BOLD: 680508
* CoL: 6JPVX
* EoL: 1088515
* EPPO: FRIGR
* EUNIS: 189115
* GBIF: 5300514
* iNaturalist: 436398
* IPNI: 535150-1
* IUCN: 165130
* NBN: NBNSYS0000163723
* NCBI: 1200326
* Observation.org: 126940
* Open Tree of Life: 3966614
* Plant List: kew-306639
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535150-1
* Tropicos: 18400212
* WFO: wfo-0000767818

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