Biology:Fritillaria raddeana

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Fritillaria raddeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Fritillaria
Species:	F. raddeana
Binomial name
Fritillaria raddeana Regel
Synonyms
Fritillaria askabadensis Micheli Vved. ex Pazij Petilium raddeanum

Fritillaria raddeana is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, distributed in Iran, Turkmenistan and Kashmir. It is a species in the genus Fritillaria, in the lily family Liliaceae. It is placed in the subgenus Petilium. Resembling Fritillaria imperialis (crown imperial), but shorter, it is sometimes referred to as the dwarf crown imperial.

Description

The inflorescence forms an umbel of 10–20 pendent bell-shaped flowers with six tepals that are yellowish to green. Nectaries 2–3  mm in diameter. Stem of about 2 1/2' feet (50–80 cm) in height. The umbel is topped with a pineapple-like tuft of narrow leaf-like bracts. On the stem are shiny, glaucous, lanceolate, pale green alternate leaves, up to 5 " in length. The plant has a disagreeable odor. The chromosome number is 2n = 24

Taxonomy

In 1874 Baker had subdivided genus Fritillaria into ten subgenera. In subgenus Petilium he included a single species, F. imperialis. In 1887 Regel added a second species, F. raddeana. He named the species after Gustav Ferdinand Richard Radde (1831-1903).

Distribution and habitat

F. raddeana is found in rocky areas in Iran, Turkmenistan and Kashmir at altitudes of 900–1800 meters, but is also seen in lowlands.

Cultivation

Fritillaria raddeana is hardy to USDA zones 5–8., and blooms from April to May, in full sun to part shade.

Bibliography

• Baker, J. G. (1874). "Revision of the Genera and Species of Tulipeae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society xiv (76): F. assyriaca p. 265. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00314.x. https://zenodo.org/record/1432971. 
• Regel, Eduard August von (1887). "Fritillaria L. Sectio Petilium" (in latin). Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botanicheskago Sada (Acta Horti Petropolitani) 10 (1): 365–366. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54002#page/366/mode/2up. 
• Kiani, Mahmoud; Mohammadi, Shirin; Babaei, Alireza; Sefidkon, Fatemeh; Naghavi, Mohamad Reza; Ranjbar, Mojtaba; Razavi, Seyed Ali; Saeidi, Keramatollah et al. (September 2017). "Iran supports a great share of biodiversity and floristic endemism for Fritillaria spp. (Liliaceae): A Review". Plant Diversity 39 (5): 245–262. doi:10.1016/j.pld.2017.09.002. PMID 30159518. 
• Rix, E. M. (1977). "Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in Iran". Iranian Journal of Botany 1 (2): 75–95. http://www.agrijournals.ir/article_103264_8afdadbff7baed9482c0958a0e034126.pdf. 
• TPL (2013). "The Plant List 1.1: Fritillaria raddeana Regel". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-306850. 
• WCSP. "Fritillaria raddeana Regel". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=306850. 
• "Fritillaria raddeana Regel". 2005. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=535301-1. 
• "Fritillaria raddeana". Fritillaria Group, Alpine Garden Society. http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/fritillaria-species-r---s.html. 
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T. et al., eds (2014). "Fritillaria raddeana Regel". Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands: ITIS, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/9767949. 
• "Fritillaria raddeana". Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=281774&isprofile=0&. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q243946 entry