| Prospero autumnale | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Genus: | Prospero |
| Species: | P. autumnale |
| Binomial name | |
| Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta |
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| Synonyms | |
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Scilla autumnalis |
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Prospero autumnale (syn. Scilla autumnalis[1]), an autumnal flowering plant of the family Liliaceae, is found throughout Europe and North Africa. Despite being classified as a single species, it is actually a cryptic species complex, with a variety of cytotypes having been discovered which are phenotypically indisguishable from each other.[2]