Fritillaria orientalis

Species of flowering plant

Fritillaria orientalis

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

F. orientalis

Binomial name
Fritillaria orientalis

Adams

Synonyms[1]

* Fritillaria racemosa Ker Gawl 1806, illegitimate homonym not Mill. 1768
* Fritillaria tenella M.Bieb.

Fritillaria orientalis is a Eurasian species of monocotyledonous plant in the lily family Liliaceae.[2] It was described by Johann Friedrich Adam in 1805, based on specimens collected in Ossetia.[3]

This bulbous perennial flourishes on grass and brush in limestone valleys. The flowers, appearing in April and May, are purple, borne singly or in twos or threes.[3][4][5]

The species grows in France, Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Austria, Moldova, Ukraine, southern Russia, Turkey, and the Caucasus.[6][7]

## Gallery

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* Flower detail

## References

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1. ^ The Plant List
2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. ^ a b Johann Friedrich Adams in F. Weber & D.M.H.Mohr. 1805. Beiträge zur Naturkunde 1: 50.
4. ^ Ker Gawler, John Bellenden. 1806. Botanical Magazine (London) 24: t. 952, as Fritillaria racemosa
5. ^ Marschall von Bieberstein, Friedrich August. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica exhibens stirpes phaenogamas, in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Charkouiae 1: 269, Fritillaria tenella
6. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Meleagride minore, Fritillaria orientalis Adam
7. ^ Malesh Mountain, Fritillaria orientalis photo, description, distribution information; Malesh Mountain is on the border of Bulgaria \+ North Macedonia

## External links

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*   * Carpathian Basin, Fritillaria orientalis Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine photos
* Calphotos, University of California @ Berkeley, Fritillaria orientalis photo by Mike Ireland
* Riserva Naturale della Val Rosandra, Fritillaria orientalis è nella Regione presente solo nella porzione sud orientale del Carso photo; captions in Italian

Taxon identifiers

Fritillaria orientalis|

* Wikidata: Q3009740
* Wikispecies: Fritillaria orientalis
* BOLD: 680530
* CoL: 6JQ8Q
* EoL: 1088550
* EPPO: FRIMO
* EUNIS: 188620
* FNA: 242442564
* GBIF: 5300488
* iNaturalist: 335500
* IPNI: 535258-1
* NCBI: 1532410
* Observation.org: 136780
* Open Tree of Life: 5715631
* Plant List: kew-306800
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535258-1
* Tropicos: 18405078
* WFO: wfo-0000767997

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