Asparagaceae

Scilla L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 308 (1753), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe, Medit. to Iran, Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Congo, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Føroyar, Gabon, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, North Caucasus, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

British Columbia, Canary Is., Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Missouri, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Northwest European Russia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, South Australia, Tasmania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 548.
  • Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 438 (1762)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Baker in F.T.A. 7: 548 (1898), pro parte
  • Jessop in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 36: 240 (1970)
  • sp Pl.: 308 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1976 Sintenis, P. [180] Türkiye K000464876 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Sintenis, P. [180] Türkiye K000464875 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1930 Rogers [25351] South Africa K000365589 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K002790337 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2817] South Africa K002791604 Yes
Macaulay [1095] Zambia K002791513 Yes
[H. V. Thompson] [s.n.] K002790525 Yes
Macaulay [1098] Zambia K002791499 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M. [5992] Finland K001069711 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [174] South Africa K002791650 Yes
Eyles, F. [1850] Zimbabwe K002791534 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1332] Zambia K002791498 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Iran K002790978 Yes
Chapman; Baines [s.n.] South Africa K002791466 Yes
{F. v. d. Merwe} [s.n.] K002791635 Yes
Miller, O.B. [8314] Zimbabwe K002791535 Yes
Özhatay, N.; et al. [67 312] Türkiye K002790983 Yes
Davis; Polunin, O. [23 444] Türkiye K002790985 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [26] Morocco K002791107 Yes
Mudd [s.n.] K002791600 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [2100] Zambia K002791493 Yes
Ash, J. [Ash 3597] Ethiopia K002791330 Yes
Long, F.R. [1318] South Africa K002791619 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [107] Ethiopia K002791311 Yes
Simon, B.K.; Williamson, G. [1139] Zambia K002791524 Yes
Tribe, A.R. [T22] K002791328 Yes
Hall-Martin, A.J. [1056] Malawi K002791472 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H. [1025] Zambia K002791507 Yes
Barclay, C. [CB.88] K:SPC-30188.000 No
Wild, H. [4158] Zimbabwe K002791478 Yes
Schlechter, R. [2959a] South Africa K002791627 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002790505 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7918a] South Africa K002791614 Yes
Burchell [A23] Portugal K002790338 Yes
Baines, J. [410340] Mozambique K002791465 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [s.n.] Türkiye K002790987 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [175] South Africa K002791653 Yes
Pawek, J. [3033] Malawi K002791470 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791601 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [1153] Zambia K002791487 Yes
Mavi, S. [607] Zimbabwe K002791542 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [1153] Zambia K002791488 Yes
Barbier, C. [1156] Somalia K002791337 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791775 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [174] South Africa K002791656 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Angus [462] Malawi K002791474 Yes
Meller, C.J. [s.n.] Mozambique K002791458 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [6960] South Africa K002791603 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [14956] South Africa K002791662 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7175a] South Africa K002791615 Yes
{Lavranos; Carter} [23185] Somalia K002791326 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [13681] K002791612 Yes
Kork [3] Mozambique K002791467 Yes
Richards, H.M. [s.n.] Zambia K002791522 Yes
Fay, J.M.; Doka, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002791288 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [749] Zambia K002791484 Yes
Hornby, M.G. [3476] Mozambique K002791461 Yes
Macaulay [s.n.] Zambia K002791504 Yes
Walker, J. [2719] Zimbabwe K002791531 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [8965] K002791608 Yes
Young, M. [MY209/H] Greece K002790527 Yes
Taylor, G. [639:63] K002791773 Yes
Germain, R. [4441] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-02475.000 No
Gill, D. [s.n.] K002791625 Yes
Van der Merwe, F.Z. [2229] K002791634 Yes
Draper, P. [s.n.] K002791605 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [2004B] Zambia K002791492 Yes
[Jean M. Whyte] [[6]] Armenia K002790989 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [175] South Africa K002791652 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [116] Ethiopia K002791329 Yes
[J. Th. Bent] [[1534]] K002790992 Yes
Robson, N.K.B.; Angus [462A] Malawi K002791481 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2662] South Africa K002791671 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [14952] South Africa K002791628 Yes
Gairdner, A.E. (Miss) [111] Zambia K002791506 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [40] Morocco K002791111 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [119] Ethiopia K002791312 Yes
Pawek, J. [6227] Malawi K002791473 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1428] South Africa K002791670 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [D00987] United Kingdom K002791779 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002790342 Yes
s.coll. [6] South Africa K002791665 Yes
Wilms, F. [2320] South Africa K002791664 Yes
Grosvenor, R.K. [186] Zimbabwe K002791434 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [789] K002791630 Yes
Long, F.R. [1319] South Africa K002791613 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [6741] K002791636 Yes
Holub, E. [s.n.] Botswana K002791459 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [2747] Zambia K002791520 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [A 245] Angola K002791549 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F5269] Zambia K002791476 Yes
Wild, H. [3107] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02474.000 No
Bolus, H. [12891] South Africa K002791602 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [2344] Zambia K002791518 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002924922 Yes
Horton, V. [VH616] France K002790526 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2056] Angola K002791546 Yes
Van der Schijff, H.P. [4086] K002791620 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F 2564] Zambia K002791495 Yes
Brown, R. [8721] Botswana K002791544 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [148] Morocco K002791110 Yes
Hutton, H. [s.n.] South Africa K002791658 Yes
Nation, O. [351] South Africa K002791659 Yes
Thomas, P. [s.n.] Italy K000483097 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7893A] Tanzania K:SPC-24513.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791878 Yes
Richards, H.M. [17458] Zambia K002791523 Yes
Wellan, J.A. [40293] Zimbabwe K002791482 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1359] Zambia K002791501 Yes
K:SPC-15203.000 No
Lemperg, F. [s.n.] Albania K002790524 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [767] Zimbabwe K002791538 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [175] South Africa K002791655 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [28] Ethiopia K002791309 Yes
Hilliard; Burtt, B.L. [4344] Malawi K002791471 Yes
Ash [1878] Ethiopia K:SPC-35877.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791599 Yes
Lee Mays, S. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002791537 Yes
Özhatay, N.; Johnson, M. [67 333] Türkiye K002790980 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [2509] Zambia K002791485 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [10350] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002791284 Yes
Gattefossé, J. [s.n.] Morocco K002791106 Yes
Kelly, R.D. [332] Zimbabwe K002791528 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2329] Zimbabwe K002791543 Yes
Cecil, A.M.; Baker [165] Zambia K002791533 Yes
Tanzania K:SPC-05488.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7893] Tanzania K:SPC-24515.000 No
Amico, A.; Bavazzano, R. [s.n.] Mozambique K002791468 Yes
K:SPC-26572.000 No
[490] Ethiopia K:SPC-06049.361 No
Gossweiler, J. [3258] Angola K002791550 Yes
Wild, H. [3150] Zambia K002791510 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Jones, B.M.G. [103] Ethiopia K002791310 Yes
Horton, S.V.; Stevens, N.J. [2215] Türkiye K002790977 Yes
Ortiz, S. [s.n.] Spain K000802733 Isotype Yes
Richards, H.M. [75] Zambia K002791500 Yes
Bowker, H. [267] South Africa K002791638 Yes
Barr [s.n.] K002791777 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1275] Zambia K002791490 Yes
Wild, H. [3107] Zambia K002791511 Yes
Haygarth, W.; Rogers, F.A. [24628] South Africa K002791666 Yes
Özhatay, N.; Johnson, M.; Johm [67 327] Türkiye K002790984 Yes
s.coll. [SMP 217] Somalia K002791327 Yes
Matthews, B. [BSBE559] K002791778 Yes
{F. v. d. Merwe} [s.n.] K002791609 Yes
Giess, W. [9167] K002791622 Yes
Welwitsch [s.n.] Portugal K002790336 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002790341 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [2723] South Africa K002791672 Yes
Thulin, M.; Hunde, A. [3918] Ethiopia K002791306 Yes
Dieterlen, M. [228] Lesotho K002791646 Yes
Synge, P.M. [PS/CR 9] Greece K002791805 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [8257] Namibia K002791607 Yes
Macaulay (Mrs.) [1099] Zambia K002791486 Yes
Mavi, S. [575] Zimbabwe K002791545 Yes
Baytop, T. [ISTE 38984] Türkiye K002790988 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [CRS524] Zambia K002791514 Yes
Dyer [s.n.] K002791624 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7506] K002791618 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [384] Zambia K002791496 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [2134] Angola K002791547 Yes
Andrews, F.W. [A509] Sudan K002791336 Yes
Johnson, W.P. (Archdeacon) [525] Mozambique K002791462 Yes
Methuen (Lord) [M132] K002791772 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] K000464923 Type Yes
Ash [410] Ethiopia K:SPC-37733.000 No
Özhatay, N.; Johnson, M. [67 329] Türkiye K002790979 Yes
Cox, J.K. [93] Ghana K:SPC-15202.000 No
Trevelyan, W.C. [s.n.] Portugal K002790339 Yes
s.coll. [1019] Zimbabwe K002791529 Yes
Goldblatt, P. [4520] Malawi K002791469 Yes
Richards, H.M. [2325] Zambia K002791508 Yes
Siame, W. [3] Zambia K002791494 Yes
s.coll. [13820] K002791287 Yes
Barnard, W.G. [587] K002791611 Yes
Mavi, S. [607] Zimbabwe K002791435 Yes
Ash [1878] Ethiopia K002791303 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [175] South Africa K002791654 Yes
Phipps, J.B. [1482] Zimbabwe K002791483 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002791623 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5720] Zambia K002791521 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [174A] South Africa K002791651 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [5362] Zimbabwe K002791539 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791879 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [7240] Ethiopia K002791307 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O. [7279] Ethiopia K002791302 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [s.n.] K002791632 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16273] South Africa K002791643 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K002790991 Yes
s.coll. [109] South Africa K002791642 Yes
O'Brien, E.M. [74] Somalia K002791325 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12824] Spain K002790520 Yes
{de Wilde, W.J.J.O; Duyfjes, B.E.E.; W. de Wilde c.s.} [1671] Cameroon K002791290 Yes
Sturgeon, K.E. [30434] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04501.000 No
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria K000802734 Type Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Cookson, A.J. [6771] Zimbabwe K002791477 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1023] Ethiopia K002791331 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [CRS494] Zambia K002791503 Yes
Wild, H. [44437] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04494.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Botswana K002791540 Yes
Walker, J.; [nelsen] [2780] Zimbabwe K002791530 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K002791463 Yes
Young, M. [MY191/H] Greece K002790528 Yes
Ash, J.W. [1064] Ethiopia K002791313 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [13094] South Africa K002791673 Yes
Horton, V. [616] Spain K002790522 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7465] South Africa K002791617 Yes
[Siche] [45308] K002791759 Yes
Sanderson, J. [858] South Africa K002791639 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [7175] South Africa K002791616 Yes
{Özhatay, N.; et al.; Johm} [67 313] Türkiye K002790982 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [6265] Botswana K002791541 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791877 Yes
[B. Mag] [s.n.] K002791606 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F466] Zambia K002791491 Yes
Gillett, M.C. [4606] South Africa K002791674 Yes
[783] Ethiopia K:SPC-36421.000 No
{F. v. d. Merwe} [2732] K002791637 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [16269] South Africa K002791663 Yes
Jackson, G. [671] Malawi K002791480 Yes
Wild, H. [40284] Zimbabwe K:SPC-05483.000 No
Williams, C. [270] Lesotho K002791640 Yes
Noirfalise, A. [295] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002791281 Yes
Dohse, A. [293] Lesotho K002791641 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1512] South Africa K002791667 Yes
{Mr O. Cooke} [5227] K002791610 Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [504] Türkiye K002790986 Yes
Jarman, P.J. [320] Central African Republic K002791289 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [27] Morocco K002791112 Yes
Wild, H. [3150] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02476.000 No
Hislop, A. [12!] Zimbabwe K002791532 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K002791875 Yes
Merwe, F.V.D. [2773] South Africa K002791669 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [1270] Zimbabwe K002791489 Yes
Spinage [223] Central African Republic K002791286 Yes
Mogg, A.O.D. [9653] K002791631 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Jersey K002924934 Yes
Lee Mays, S. [13836A] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04505.000 No
Chevalier, A.J.B. [8429] K002791285 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [384] Zambia K002791497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mozambique K002791460 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM 1634] Zambia K002791516 Yes
Crook, A.O. [M155] Zimbabwe K002791525 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [3596] South Africa K002791660 Yes
Johnson, M.; Özhatay, N. [67 325] Türkiye K002790981 Yes
Gairdner, A.E. (Miss) [94] Zambia K002791505 Yes
Richards, M. [E] Zambia K:SPC-30529.000 No
Prince, S.D. [35] Zambia K002791517 Yes
Lea, C.E. [s.n.] K002791629 Yes
Perkins, B.L. [1870] United Kingdom K002924935 Yes
F. V. [D]. Merwe [2772] South Africa K002791644 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002791740 Yes
Trethewy, A.W. [113] Morocco K002791113 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [[4]] South Africa K002791647 Yes
Wright, E.P. [s.n.] K002791109 Yes
Dieterlen, M. [228] Lesotho K002791645 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [4753] Ethiopia K002791308 Yes
Wild, H. [3542] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02467.000 No
Dyer [s.n.] United Kingdom K002924920 Yes
Kelly, R.D. [131] Zimbabwe K002791527 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [1372] South Africa K002791668 Yes
Compton, R.H. [28265] South Africa K002791661 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002924921 Yes
Van der Merwe, F.Z. [2188] K002791633 Yes
s.coll. [1] Mozambique K002791464 Yes
Mutimushi, J.J. [JMM1665.] Zambia K002791519 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [175] South Africa K002791648 Yes
Cruse, A.W. [403] Zambia K002791509 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [10314] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002791283 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [10314] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002791282 Yes
Crook, H. [139] Lebanon K:SPC-38178.000 No
Bryant, E.G. [174] South Africa K002791649 Yes
Sanderson [s.n.] K002791626 Yes
Richards, H.M.; Richards, M. [22827] Zambia K002791502 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2763] Ethiopia K002791332 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K002790990 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [7990] South Africa K002791657 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002790340 Yes
Welw. [740] Angola K002791548 Yes
Wild, H. [3901] Zimbabwe K002791479 Yes
Teague, A.J. [357] Zimbabwe K002791536 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [JMM 1222] Zambia K002791515 Yes
Horton, V. [744] Portugal K002790523 Yes
{F. van der Merwe} [2839] K002791621 Yes
Macaulay [980] Zambia K002791512 Yes
Whellan, J.A. [44385] Zimbabwe K002791526 Yes
Chionodoxa K:SPC-15154.000 No

Sources

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