Fritillaria kurdica

Fritillaria kurdica
Cambridge University Botanic Garden
photo by Magnus Manske
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Fritillaria
Species: F. kurdica
Binomial name
Fritillaria kurdica
Boiss. & Noë
Synonyms[1]

Fritillaria kurdica is a Middle Eastern species of bulb-forming plants in the lily family, native to Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Caucasus.[1][2][3][4] The species is sometimes cultivated in other regions as an ornamental.[5]

Fritillaria Kurdica (full name, "Fritillaria Kurdica. Bulletin of Kurdish Studies") is also the name of an academic periodical published in Poland, devoted to the study of the culture and history of the Kurdish People.[6][7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Noë, Friedrich Wilhelm. 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, series 2, vol 4: page 103
  3. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae
  4. Fritillaria Icones, Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. kurdica historical and taxonomic information in English; reproductions of old color illustrations
  5. Alpine Garden Society Plant Encyclopaedia
  6. Fritillaria Kurdica. Bulletin of Kurdish Studies, Section for Kurdish Studies, Department of Iranian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland)
  7. Kurdlist Community News