Biology:Gagea lutea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae

Gagea lutea
Illustration Gagea lutea0.jpg
1885 illustration[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. lutea
Binomial name
Gagea lutea
(L.) Ker Gawl
Synonyms[2]

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

  1. illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
  2. Jump up to: 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. 
  3. "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. 
  4. John Bellenden (1809). "Gagea lutea, yellow gagea". Curtis's Botanical Magazine 30: 1200. http://www.botanicus.org/page/472996. Retrieved 1 February 2019. 
  5. "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. 
  6. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo stellato Gagea lutea (L.) Ker Gawl.
  7. 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. 
  8. 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