Gagea pratensis

Gagea pratensis, called the yellow star-of-Bethlehem,[2] is a European and Mediterranean plant species in the lily family. It is widespread across much of Europe as well as Turkey and Morocco.[1] It was first described to science by Persoon in 1794.[3]

Yellow star of Bethlehem
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Gagea
Species:
G. pratensis
Binomial name
Gagea pratensis
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Ornithogalum pratense Pers.
  • Gagea bracteolaris Salisb.
  • Ornithoxanthum pratense (Pers.) Link
  • Stellaster pratensis (Pers.) Kuntze
  • Ornithogalum schreberi Rchb.
  • Ornithogalum nudiscapum Schultz
  • Ornithogalum simplex Becker
  • Ornithogalum stenopetalum Fr.
  • Ornithogalum intermedium Schultz ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Ornithoxanthum stenopetalum (Fr.) Link
  • Gagea schreberi Rchb.
  • Gagea stenopetala (Fr.) Rchb.
  • Ornithogalum glaucum Dethard. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Gagea equitans Wallr.
  • Gagea composita Opiz
  • Gagea succedanea Griseb. & Schenk
  • Gagea nova Samp. ex Lopes
  • Gagea gussonei (A.Terracc.) Stroh

Gagea pratensis is a bulb-forming perennial. Flowers are generally yellow, sometimes with a green stripe along the backside of each tepal.[4]

formerly included[1]
  • Gagea pratensis var. paczoskii, now called Gagea transversalis

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Naturegate, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Gagea pratensis
  3. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon. 1794. Annalen der Botanick. ed. Usteri 11: 8l, as Ornithogalum pratense
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo dei prati, Gagea pratensis (Pers.) Dumort. includes color photos plus European distribution map


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