Bellevalia

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Bellevalia
Bellevalia romana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Bellevalia
Lapeyr.

Bellevalia is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.[1]

Description

Bellevalia species are perennial herbaceous plants. As geophytes, they form bulbs with a membranous sheath ("tunic"). The simple, parallel-veined leaves are basal. Grape-like inflorescences grow terminally on smooth cylindrical flower stems. The numerous flowers are located in the axils of small, membranous bracts. The hermaphroditic flowers are triple. The six identically shaped bracts are one-third to one-half their length and deformed tubular, bell-shaped or funnel-shaped in form. The color of the bracts ranges from white to cream to brown or more rarely from blue to purple. The fruit capsule is triangular in cross section with winged edges. The seeds are more or less spherical, rarely elongated and glossy.

Taxonomy

The genus Bellevalia was first described in 1808 by Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse.[2] The genus name honors the French botanist Pierre Richer de Belleval (1564-1632).[3] A synonym for Bellevalia is Strangweja Bertol. The homonym genus Bellevalia Roem. & Schult. is a synonym of the genus Richeria Vahl from the family Phyllanthaceae.

Some species formerly belonged to the genus Hyacinthus. The genus Bellevalia is placed in the tribe Hyacintheae Dumort. in the subfamily Scilloideae within the family Asparagaceae.

Species

According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,[4] there are 65 Bellevalia species:

  • Bellevalia anatolica B.Mathew & N.Özhatay
  • Bellevalia assadii Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia aucheri (Baker) Losinsk.
  • Bellevalia brevipedicellata Turrill
  • Bellevalia ciliata (Cirillo) T.Nees
  • Bellevalia clusiana Griseb.
  • Bellevalia clusiana Griseb.
  • Bellevalia crassa Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia cyanopoda Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia cyrenaica Maire & Weiller
  • Bellevalia decolorans Bornm.
  • Bellevalia densiflora Boiss.
  • Bellevalia desertorum Eig & Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia dolichophylla Brullo & Miniss.
  • Bellevalia douinii Pabot & Mouterde
  • Bellevalia dubia (Guss.) Rchb.
  • Bellevalia edirnensis N.Özhatay & B.Mathew
  • Bellevalia eigii Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia feinbruniae Freitag & Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia flexuosa Boiss.
  • Bellevalia fominii Woronow
  • Bellevalia galitensis Bocchieri & Mossa
  • Bellevalia glauca (Lindl.) Kunth
  • Bellevalia gracilis Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia hermonis Mouterde
  • Bellevalia heweri Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia hyacinthoides (Bertol.) K.Perss. & Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia koeiei Rech.f.
  • Bellevalia kurdistanica Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia leucantha K.Perss
  • Bellevalia lipskyi (Miscz.) E.Wulf
  • Bellevalia longipes Post
  • Bellevalia longistyla (Miscz.) Grossh.
  • Bellevalia macrobotrys Boiss.
  • Bellevalia mathewii N.Özhatay & B.Koçak
  • Bellevalia mauritanica Pomel
  • Bellevalia modesta Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia montana (K.Koch) Boiss., Syn.: Bellevalia albana Woronow, Bellevalia makuensis Woronow ex Grossh., Bellevalia wilhelmsii (Steven) Woronow
  • Bellevalia mosheovii Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia multicolor Wendelbo
  • Schneeweiße Hyazinthe (Bellevalia nivalis Boiss. & Kotschy, Syn.: Bellevalia pieridis (Holmboe) Feinbrun)
  • Bellevalia olivieri (Baker) Wendelbo, Syn. Bellevalia latifolia Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia palmyrensis Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia paradoxa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Boiss., Syn.: Bellevalia pycnantha (K.Koch) Losinsk. Syn. Muscari paradoxum
  • Bellevalia parva Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia pelagica C.Brullo, Brullo & Pasta
  • Bellevalia rixii Wendelbo
  • Bellevalia romana (L.) Sweet)
  • Bellevalia salah-eidii Täckh. & Boulos
  • Bellevalia saviczii Woron.
  • Bellevalia sessiliflora (Viv.) Kunth
  • Bellevalia shiraziana Parsa
  • Bellevalia sitiaca Kypriotakis & Tzanoud.
  • Bellevalia speciosa Woronow ex Grossh., Syn.: Bellevalia sarmatica (Pall. ex Georgi) Woronow
  • Bellevalia spicata (Raf.) Boiss.
  • Bellevalia stepporum Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia tabriziana Turrill
  • Bellevalia tauri Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia trifoliata (Ten.) Kunth)
  • Bellevalia tristis Bornm.
  • Bellevalia turkestanica Franch., Syn.: Bellevalia atroviolacea Regel
  • Bellevalia validicarpa Ponert
  • Bellevalia warburgii Feinbrun
  • Bellevalia webbiana Parl.
  • Bellevalia wendelboi Maassoumi & Jafari
  • Bellevalia zoharyi Feinbrun

Species no longer included in Bellevalia:

  • Leopoldia caucasica (Griseb.) Losinsk, Syn.: Bellevalia caucasica Griseb., Syn. Muscari caucasicum (Griseb.) Baker
  • Pseudomuscari forniculatum (Fomin) Garbari, Syn.: Bellevalia forniculata (Fomin) Deloney Muscari forniculatum (Fomin)

Distribution

The approximately 65 species are found from the Mediterranean: Turkey (about 12 species) and Israel (12 species), to central Asia: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (two species).

References

  1. ↑ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae 
  2. ↑ Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse: Bellevalia. Nouveau genre de plante de la famille des Liliacées. In: Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle. Band 67, Nr. 12, 1808, p. 425–427
  3. ↑ Sandro Pignatti (Hrsg.): Flora d'Italia. Vol. 1–3, Edagricole, Bologna 1982 (Nachdruck 2002), ISBN 88-506-2449-2, S. 374 (Band 3).
  4. ↑ R. Govaerts, B. J. M. Zonneveld, S. A. Zona: World checklist of Asparagaceae. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Search on Bellevalia

Bibliography

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