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Gagea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the lily family Liliaceae}}

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| image_caption = Gagea lutea

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| taxon = Gagea

| authority = Salisb.

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  • Upoxis Adans.
  • Rhabdocrinum Rchb.
  • Ornithoxanthum Link
  • Lloydia Salisb. ex Rchb. 1830 not Delile 1844 (Poaceae)
  • Nectarobothrium Ledeb.
  • Cronyxium Raf.
  • Hemierium Raf.
  • Hornungia Bernh. [1840], illegitimate homonym not Rchb. [1837] (Brassicaceae)
  • Reggeria Raf.
  • Bulbillaria Zucc.
  • Plecostigma Turcz.
  • Boissiera Haens. ex Willk. [1846], illegitimate homonym not Hochst. ex Steud. [1840] (syn of Bromus in Poaceae) nor Hochst. ex Griseb. [1852] (Poaceae)
  • Solenarium Dulac
  • Szechenyia Kanitz
  • Giraldiella Dammer

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Gagea is a large genus of spring flowers in the lily family.Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1806" Annals of Botany 2: 555 It is found primarily in Eurasia with a few species extending into North Africa and one species (Gagea serotina) in North America.{{cite journal | last1 = Zarrei | first1 = M. | last2 = Zarre | first2 = S. | last3 = Wilkin | first3 = P. | last4 = Rix | first4 = M. | year = 2007 | title = Systematic revision of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Iran | journal = Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 154 | issue = 4 | pages = 559–588 | doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00678.x| doi-access = free }}Tison, J.M. (2009). An update of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in the Iberian peninsula. Lagascalia 29: 7-22[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/flora.php?genere=Gagea Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Gagea][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=113125 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 117 顶冰花属 ding bing hua shu Gagea Salisbury, Ann. Bot. (Oxford). 2: 555. 1806. ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118768 Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 121 洼瓣花属 wa ban hua shu Lloydia Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 102. 1830. ]

The genus is named after the English naturalist Sir Thomas Gage (1781–1820). They were originally described as species of Ornithogalum, which, together with the usual yellow colour of the flowers, explains the English name yellow star-of-Bethlehem for the common European species, Gagea lutea.{{Cite book |year=1980 |editor-last=Tutin |editor-first=T.G. |editor2-last=Heywood |editor2-first=V.H. |editor3-last=Burges |editor3-first=N.A. |editor4-last=Moore |editor4-first=D.M. |editor5-last=Valentine |editor5-first=D.H. |editor6-last=Walters |editor6-first=S.M. |editor7-last=Webb |editor7-first=D.A. |title=Flora Europaea |volume=5 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-20108-7 |name-list-style=amp }} p. 25.{{Cite web |title=Lloydia |work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=280365 |access-date=2014-01-09 |archive-date=2020-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726160147/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=280365 |url-status=dead }}

Species

{{As of|2014|January}}, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognizes over 200 species, including those previously assigned to Lloydia.{{Cite web |title=Gagea|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Gagea |access-date=2014-01-09 }}

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Bibliography

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  • {{cite journal|last1=Peterson|first1=Angela|last2=Levichev|first2=Igor G.|last3=Peterson|first3=Jens|title=Systematics of Gagea and Lloydia (Liliaceae) and infrageneric classification of Gagea based on molecular and morphological data|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|date=February 2008|volume=46|issue=2|pages=446–465|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.016|ref={{harvid|Peterson et al|2008}}|pmid=18180173|bibcode=2008MolPE..46..446P }}
  • {{cite journal|last1=Tison|first1=Jean-Marc|last2=Peterson|first2=Angela|last3=Harpke|first3=Dörte|last4=Peruzzi|first4=Lorenzo|title=Reticulate evolution of the critical Mediterranean Gagea sect. Didymobulbos (Liliaceae) and its taxonomic implications|journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution|date=28 November 2012|volume=299|issue=2|pages=413–438|doi=10.1007/s00606-012-0731-4|s2cid=24970202 }}{{Refend}}

External links

{{Commons category|Gagea}}

  • [http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Gagea Pacific Bulb Society] photos of several species
  • [http://www.treknature.com/themes.php?thid=2072 Treknature, Photos of Gagea sp., a genus of the family Liliaceae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054038/http://www.treknature.com/themes.php?thid=2072 |date=2016-03-04 }} photos of several species

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