Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta (syn. Scilla autumnalis L.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Prospero// Species: Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med Planbase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010).

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et. al, 1980) as Scilla autumnalis L. The accepted name in The Euro+Med Planbase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010) is Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta.

Distribution: Native from West Europe to Caucasus and the Mediterranean according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Lifeform: Perennial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Habitatat: Open dry terrains- dry grassland, hill pastures, clearings and edges of forests.

Flowering period: Late summer – autumn: AUG, SEP, OCT (- NOV).

References:

Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961855-1 [Accessed 25.02.2022].

Prospero autumnale. The Euro+Med Planbase. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=44111&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 25.02.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.