Asparagaceae
Drimia

Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn

First published in Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4: 204 (1978)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Iberian Peninsula to Baleares, NW. Algeria. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Baleares, Portugal, Spain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chaudhary, S.A. (2001). Flora of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 3: 1-368. Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Riyadh.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • 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. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Baumann, H. (1993). Greek Wild Flowers and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece. Herbert Press, London.
  • Chevalier, A. (1953). Action raticide des extraits de la Scille maritime d'Algerie ou Urginea maritima (L.) Baker. Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 33: 598-599.
  • Crabtree, D.G. (1947). Red squill – most specific of the raticides. Econ. Bot.1: 394-401.
  • Edmondson, J.R. (1984). Urginia Steinh. In: Flora of Turkey Volume 8, ed. P.H. Davis, p. 213. Edinburgh.
  • Galt, A.H. & Galt, J.W. (1978). Peasant use of some wild plants on the island of Pantelleria, Sicily. Econ. Bot. 32: 20-26.
  • Gentry, H.S., Verbiscar, A.J. & Banigan, T.F. (1987). Red squill ( Urginea maritima, Liliaceae). Econ. Bot. 41: 267-282.
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2008). Mabberley’s Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. Third edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. (2008) Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1.
  • Sims, J. (1806). Ornithogalum squilla. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 23: tab. 918.
  • Stearn, W.T. (1978). Mediterranean and Indian species of Drimia (Liliaceae): a nomenclatural survey with special reference to the medicinal squill, D. maritima (syn. Urginia maritima). Ann. Mus. Goulandris 4: 199–210.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds) (1985). Flora of Iraq. Volume 8: Monocotyledons excluding Gramineae (Hutchinson, 1959). Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Speta, F. (1980). Karyosystematik, Kultur und Verwendung de Meerzwiebel (Urginea Steinh., Liliaceae s.l.). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 12: 193-238.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Leggett [47] Spain K002198124 No
Kennedy, E.W. [214] Cyprus K002198160 No
Heldreich [s.n.] Greece K002198129 No
Willkommii, H.M. [385] Spain K002198121 No
Platt, J.W.O. [s.n.] Greece K002198110 No
Melville [s.n.] Spain K002198205 No
Munn [26] Spain K002198125 No
Kralik, L. [s.n.] France K002198091 No
Birkinshaw, D. [7] Lebanon K002198116 No
Lindberg, H. [[126]] Cyprus K002198167 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Malta K002198099 No
Reverchon, E. [199] Italy K002198094 No
Genneou, A. [s.n.] Cyprus K002198162 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Croatia K002198138 No
Edmonds, M.E. [s.n.] West Bank K002198154 No
Atchley, S.C. [342] Greece K002198131 No
s.coll. [204] Italy K002198098 No
Sintenis, P.E.E.; Rigo, [s.n.] Cyprus K002198168 No
Trott, A.C. [2143] Lebanon K002198117 No
[Sieber] [s.n.] Greece K002198133 No
Kennedy, E.W. [213] Cyprus K002198166 No
Trethewy, A.W. [28] Morocco K002198191 No
[Donald Canley] [H917 ] Spain K002198204 No
Heldreich [s.n.] Greece K002198130 No
{Fr. Augustin} [s.n.] Spain K002198119 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria K002198186 No
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [368] Portugal K002198127 No
Reverchon, E. [266] Spain K002198122 No
[illegible] [305] Syria K002198112 No
[Nor] [7188] Greece K002198132 No
[Cartes Page & Co Ltd] [H2144] Morocco K002198195 No
Gandoger, M. [s.n.] Tunisia K002198198 No
Kennedy, E.W. [215] Cyprus K002198164 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Spain K002198123 No
Collenette, I.S. [3825] Saudi Arabia K002198107 No
Verdcourt, B. [4149] Greece K002198134 No
[illegible] [s.n.] Morocco K002198193 No
Platt, J.W.O. [s.n.] Greece K002198109 No
Hooker, J.D.; Hanbury, D. [s.n.] Syria K002198111 No
Greuter, W. [7595] Greece K002198135 No
[E. G. Paris] [s.n.] Algeria K002198187 No
Cooper [H1935] Morocco K002198194 No
Giuseppi, P.L. [36] Spain K002198120 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002198097 No
Ussher, C.B. [62] Cyprus K002198165 No
Meyers, F. [B4238] West Bank K002198156 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Malta K002198101 No
Coste [s.n.] France K002198090 No
Trethewy, A.W. [12] Morocco K002198192 No
Simpson, N.D. [53016] Jordan K002198143 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Malta K002198100 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] Italy K002198096 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Portugal K002198126 No
Heath, I.B. [420] Morocco K002198190 No
Kennedy, E.W. [214] Cyprus K002198161 No
MacDonald, N. [96] Cyprus K002198158 No
Tanger [s.n.] Morocco K002198188 No
Collenette, I.S. [2802] Saudi Arabia K002198108 No
Atherton, G.E. [402] Cyprus K002198159 No
Bourgeau, E. [1006] Spain K002198203 No
s.coll. [s.n.] West Bank K002198155 No
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [69] Iran K002198145 No
Sintenis, P. [939] Cyprus K002198157 No
Atherton, G.E. [658] Cyprus K002198163 No
Thomas, P. [s.n.] Italy K002198095 No
Bally [B 12757] Greece K002198139 No
Gattefossé, J. [s.n.] Morocco K002198189 No
Dinsmore, J.E. [10238] Jordan K002198153 No
Petter, F. [s.n.] Croatia K002198137 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece K002198128 No
Gandoger, M. [91] Tunisia K002198197 No
McNeill [818] Türkiye K002198115 No
Reverchon, E. [199] Italy K002198093 No
Lee, A.F. [94] Iran K002198146 No
s.coll. [303] K002198114 No
s.coll. [4380] France K002198092 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Türkiye K002198113 No
Salzman [s.n.] Morocco K002198196 No
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [2231] Albania K002198136 No
Urginea scilla K:SPC-70000.586 No
Urginea scilla K:SPC-70000.587 No

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