Asparagaceae
Bellevalia

Bellevalia turkestanica Franch.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 18: 256 (1884)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Asia (Pamir Mountains) to N. & NE. Afghanistan. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [786] Afghanistan K002924621 Yes
Carter, H. [715] Afghanistan K002924622 Yes
Furse, P. [6170] Afghanistan K002924625 Yes
Carter, J.E. [715] Afghanistan K002924623 Yes
Carter, H. [715] Afghanistan K002924624 Yes
{Vvedensky} [s.n.] Bellevalia atroviolacea K002924776 Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [761] Afghanistan Bellevalia atroviolacea K002924638 Yes
Czukavina, A.P.; Czevtaeva, V.A. [s.n.] Tajikistan Bellevalia atroviolacea K002924778 Yes
[illegible] [s35] Bellevalia atroviolacea K002924777 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Tajikistan Bellevalia atroviolacea K000464846 Type Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Bellevalia atroviolacea K000464847 Type Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Bellevalia atroviolacea K000464845 Type Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Bellevalia atroviolacea K000464844 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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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