Fritillaria crassifolia explained

Fritillaria crassifolia is a Middle Eastern species of bulb-forming flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae,^[1] native to Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Subspecies^[2]

• Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. crassifolia - Iran, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon
• Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. hakkarensis Rix - Iraq, Turkey
• Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. poluninii Rix - Iraq

formerly included

• Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. kurdica (Boiss. & Noë) Rix, now called Fritillaria kurdica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fritillaria crassifolia Boiss. & A.Huet. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. September 18, 2020.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=306578 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Huet du Pavillon, Alfred. 1859.
4. Teksen, M. & Aytaç, Z. (2011). The revision of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in the Mediterranean region (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Botany 35: 447-478.
5. Rix, Edward Martin. 1975. : Kew Bulletin 29: 641-643