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Taxon:  Ornithogalum arabicum L.



Summary
Genus:
Ornithogalum
Subgenus:
Ornithogalum
Section:
Melomphis
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Scilloideae
Tribe:
Ornithogaleae
Nomen number:
25934
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:307. 1753
Verified:
11/10/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  5. Govaerts, R. World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
  6. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. 1993
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  9. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004 http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
  10. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  11. Manning, J. C. et al. 2009. A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58:103. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  12. Pignatti, S. Flora d'Italia. 1982
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  14. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  16. Valdés, B. et al., eds. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du nord du Maroc, incluant des clés d'identification. 2002
  17. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  18. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966- Note: mentions
Common names
English
Arabian starflower –
lesser Cape-lily –
Swedish
arabisk stjärnlök –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands 
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary IslandsTenerife
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFranceCorsica 
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands (Tenerife)], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Morocco
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France [Corsica], Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: ******
Economic Uses
Environmental


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