Gagea serotina
Gagea serotina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Liliaceae |
Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
Tribe: | Lilieae |
Genus: | Gagea |
Species: | G. serotina
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Binomial name | |
Gagea serotina (
Ker-Gawl. | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Gagea serotina, synonym Lloydia serotina, is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant of the lily family.[2] It is widespread across the mountainous parts of western North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, and in Europe is found in the Alps and Carpathians, as well as in Great Britain. It is also native to much of Central Asia, Siberia, China, Nepal, Mongolia, Korea and Japan.[1][3]
It was originally known as mountain spiderwort, but is now known in Great Britain as the Snowdon lily, or in Welsh as Lili'r Wyddfa (meaning "rush-leaves of the mountain").[4] In North America, it is called the common alplily. It is also known as Snowdon alplily.[5]
Description
For most of the year, the plant is visible only as long, curving, stiff, grass-like leaves, often protruding through cushions of other plants. The flowers appear from June onwards (despite the name serotina, meaning "late-flowering"), and are borne at the end of long stalks. The flowers themselves are white, with purple or reddish veins along the
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While their inaccessibility protects the plants to a certain degree against
It became a protected species in the UK in 1975 under the Conservation of Wild Creatures and Wild Plants Act.[11]
Taxonomy
The genus Lloydia was formerly considered distinct from Gagea, this species being called Lloydia serotina.[12] All the species of Lloydia are now included in Gagea.[13][14]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Gagea serotina
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 198 Lloydia serotina (Linnaeus) Salisbury ex Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 102. 1830.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ISBN 0-9552995-0-0.
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- ^ John Bellenden Ker Gawler. 1816. Quarterly Journal of Science and the Arts. London. 1: 180, Gagea serotina
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 294, as Bulbocodium serotinum .
- ^ Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach. 1830. Flora Germanica Excursoria 102, as Lloydia serotina
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- Guardian Unlimited.
- ^ "Caithness CWS - Caithness Field Club - Annual Bulletins - 1975 - October - Conservation".
- ISBN 978-0-521-20108-7.
- ^ "Lloydia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 122 洼瓣花 wa ban hua Lloydia serotina (Linnaeus) Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 102. 1830.
External links
- Media related to Gagea serotina at Wikimedia Commons
- Lloydia serotina, PLANTS Profile