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Asparagaceae

Bellevalia

Bellevalia romana (L.) Sweet

First published in Hort. Brit.: 419 (1826)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is S. Europe, N. Egypt. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

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Native to:

Corse, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Sicilia, Yugoslavia

Homotypic Synonyms

Hyacinthus romanus L. in Mant. Pl.: 224 (1771)
Scilla romana (L.) Ker Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 24: t. 939 (1806)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Bellevalia appendiculata Lapeyr. in Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 186 (1813)
Bellevalia cyanoleuca St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 121 (1880)
Bellevalia operculata Lapeyr. in J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 67: 426 (1808)
Rytidolobus appendiculatus (Lapeyr.) Dulac in Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 113 (1867)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
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