Category Archives: Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Asparagus/ Species: Asparagus officinalis L.// Subspecies: Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis. 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 by Valdés (1980 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Rhizomatous perennial. Hemicryptophyte- rhizome geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution: AsparagusContinue reading “Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Muscari// Species: Muscari comosum (L.) Miller. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+). Determined according to the botanical key provided by Davis and Stuart (1980 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution:  Native to Canary Islands; Mediterranean to Central Europe, Ukraine and IranContinue reading “Muscari comosum (L.) Miller”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum montanum Cirillo. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, 2010). Determined according to the botanical key provided by Zahariadi (1980 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Bulbous perennial. Geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution:  Native from Italy to Transcaucasus and the East MediterraneanContinue reading “Ornithogalum montanum Cirillo”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Asparagus/ Species: Asparagus verticillatus L. The classification is given according to The Euro+Med Planbase (source: Raab-Straube, 2022+). Determined according to the botanical key provided by Valdés (1980 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Rhizomatous perennial plant. Cryptophyte- rhizome geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from Southeast Europe to Iran according to the distributionContinue reading “Asparagus verticillatus L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum pyramidale L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+). Determined according to the botanical key provided by Zahariadi (1980 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution:  Native to the Apennine Peninsula, Central and Southeast Europe according to the distribution informationContinue reading “Ornithogalum pyramidale L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum comosum L. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+). Determined according to the botanical key provided by Zahariadi (1980 in Tutin et al.). Lifeform: Bulbous perennial. Geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution:  Native from Central and Southeast Europe to Türkiye according to the distribution information providedContinue reading “Ornithogalum comosum L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Polygonatum// Species: Polygonatum hirtum (Bosc ex Poir.) Pursh. Determined according to the botanical key provided by DeFilipps (1980 in Tutin et al.) as Polygonatum latifolium (Jacq.) Desf., which is considered a synonym of Polygonatum hirtum (Bosc ex Poir.) Pursh by The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+). Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte – geophyte according to theContinue reading “Polygonatum hirtum (Bosc ex Poir.) Pursh (syn. Polygonatum latifolium (Jacq.) Desf.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Asparagaceae// Genus: Ornithogalum/ Species: Ornithogalum boucheanum (Kunth) Asch. The taxonomic classification is given according to The Euro+Med PlantBase (Raab-Straube, 2022+). Determined according to the botanical key provided by Zahariadi in Tutin et al. (1980). Lifeform: Bulbous perennial; Geophyte according to the  Raunkiær system. Distribution:  From Italy and Central Europe to North Caucasus according to the distribution informationContinue reading “Ornithogalum boucheanum (Kunth) Asch.”