Biology:Gagea lutea
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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae
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| 1885 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Gagea |
| Species: | G. lutea
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| Binomial name | |
| Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl
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Synonymy
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Gagea lutea, known as the Yellow star-of-Bethlehem, is a Eurasian flowering plant species in the family Liliaceae. It is widespread in central Europe with scattered populations in Great Britain, Spain , and Norway to Siberia and Japan .[3][2]
G. lutea is a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial with lanceolate leaves and green-tinged yellow flowers with 6 tepals.[4][5][6] It is a predominantly lowland species that inhabits moist, base-rich, shady habitats including; broad-leaf woodlands, hedgerows, limestone pavements, pastures, and riverbanks.[7] It has been used as an indicator of ancient woodland in East Anglia.[8]
References
- ↑ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Gagea lutea". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=307312. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ↑ "Gagea (L.) Ker Gawl.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535577-1.
- ↑ John Bellenden (1809). "Gagea lutea, yellow gagea". Curtis's Botanical Magazine 30: 1200. http://www.botanicus.org/page/472996. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ↑ "The Plant List: Ornithogalum luteum". Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-283626. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo stellato Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.
- ↑ P.A. Stroh, T. A. Humphrey, R.J. Burkmar, O.L. Pescott, D.B. Roy, & K.J. Walker, ed. "Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.". BSBI Online Plant Atlas 2020. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. https://plantatlas2020.org/atlas/2cd4p9h.vh4. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ↑ Francis Rose (1999). "Indicators of ancient woodland". British Wildlife: 246. https://pad.basingstoke.gov.uk/documents/4753/01/02/76/01027625.PDF. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q120042 entry
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