Messina chess flower
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The Fritillaria Messanensis ( Fritillaria messanensis ) is a plant from the genus of Fritillaria in the family of Liliaceae (Liliaceae).
description
The Messina chess flower is a perennial plant that reaches heights of 20 to 50 centimeters. This geophyte forms onions as persistent organs. The leaves are linear. The bracts form a three-leaved whorl. Usually there is only one flower, rarely up to three.
The tepals are 22 to 42 millimeters long and green, have a purple-brown checkerboard pattern and a broad green central stripe. An egg-shaped to lanceolate nectar gland is located near the base of the tepals.
The flowering period extends from April to May.
The chromosome number of all subspecies is 2n = 24.
Occurrence
The Messina chess flower occurs on the western and southern Balkan peninsula , on Crete , in Calabria and on Sicily . The data from Algeria and Morocco refer to Fritillaria oranensis . It can be found on pastures, in bushes and in forests at altitudes from 0 to 2000, possibly also up to 3000 meters.
use
The Messina chess flower is rarely grown as an ornamental plant in rock gardens.
Systematics
There are four subspecies:
- Delicate checkerboard flower ( Fritillaria messanensis subsp. Gracilis (Ebel) Rix ), occurs in Montenegro , Northern Albania , Kosovo ( Metochien ) and in western Greece in the regional district of Etolia-Acarnania and on the Ionian islands of Levkas , Ithaka , Kefalonia and Zakinthos .
- Fritillaria messanensis Raf. subsp. messanensis , occurs in Italy on Sicily and in Calabria , in Greece on the Peloponnese and in the vicinity of Olympus .
- Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta (Parl.) Nyman (Syn .: Fritillaria neglecta Parl. ), occurs in Croatia ( Istria and Dalmatia ).
- Fritillaria messanensis subsp. sphaciotica (Gand.) Kamari & Phitos , only occurs in Crete .
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 688 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Georgia Kamari, Dimitrios Phitos: Karyosystematic study of Fritillaria messanensis s. l. (Liliaceae). In: Willdenowia. Volume 36, No. 1, 2006, pp. 217-234, doi : 10.3372 / wi.36.36118 .
- ↑ a b Lorenzo Peruzzi, Katia Francesca Caparelli, Fabrizio Bartolucci: Fritillaria messanensis subsp. neglecta (Parl.) Nyman, a fourth subspecies within Fritillaria messanensis Raf. (Liliaceae) from NW Balkans. In: Candollea. Volume 64, No. 2, 2009, pp. 237-244 ( PDF file ).
- ↑ Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 688 .
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Fritillaria messanensis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ↑ Gordana Tomović, Snežana Vukojičić, Marjan Niketić, Bojan Zlatković, Vladimir Stevanović: Fritillaria (Liliaceae) in Serbia: distribution, habitats and some taxonomic notes. In: Phytologia Balcanica. Volume 13, No. 3, 2007, pp. 359-370 ( PDF file ).
