Fritillaria reuteri explained

Fritillaria reuteri is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, distributed in Turkey and Iran.It is a species in the genus Fritillaria, in the family Liliaceae.^[1] It is placed in the subgenus Fritillaria.

Description

Fritillaria reuteri is characterised by purplish-brown flowers, tall stems, and narrow leaves. Each pedicel bears two bracts at the base. It flowers from May to June.

Taxonomy

It was described by Boissier in 1844, Baker (1874), who divided Fritillaria into subgenera, placed F. reuteri in subgenus Monocodon, a subgenus later subsumed into Fritillaria. Modern classifications, based on molecular phylogenetics, confirm this placement.

Distribution and habitat

This plant inhabits high mountainous areas west of Esfahan, Iran, in wet soil or running water.

Bibliography

• Baker. J. G.. John Gilbert Baker. Revision of the Genera and Species of Tulipeae. F. reuteri p. 256. . 1874 . XIV . 76. 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00314.x .
• Boissier. E. Pierre Edmond Boissier. Liliaceae: Fritillaria reuteri. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. 1844. 5. 57–58 .
• Day. Peter D.. Berger. Madeleine. Hill. Laurence . Fay. Michael F.. Leitch. Andrew R.. Leitch. Ilia J.. Kelly . Laura J. . Michael Francis Fay. Evolutionary relationships in the medicinally important genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae). . November 2014. 80. 11–19 . 25124097 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.024. .
• Kiani. Mahmoud. Mohammadi. Shirin. Babaei. Alireza . Sefidkon. Fatemeh. Naghavi. Mohamad Reza. Ranjbar. Mojtaba. Razavi . Seyed Ali . Saeidi. Keramatollah. Jafari. Hadi. Asgari. Davoud . Potter. Daniel. Iran supports a great share of biodiversity and floristic endemism for Fritillaria spp. (Liliaceae): A Review. Plant Diversity. September 2017. 39. 5 . 245–262. 6112302. 30159518. 10.1016/j.pld.2017.09.002. .

Databases

• Web site: TPL. The Plant List . The Plant List 1.1: Fritillaria reuteri Boiss.. . 16 October 2017. 2013.
• Web site: WCSP. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Fritillaria reuteri Boiss.. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 11 October 2017. .
• Web site: IPNI. International Plant Names Index. Fritillaria reuteri Boiss. . . 2005. 24 October 2017.
• Web site: Fritillaria reuteri. Fritillaria species: R-S. Fritillaria Group, Alpine Garden Society. 17 October 2017. .
• Web site: Roskov Y.. Kunze T.. Orrell T.. Abucay L.. Paglinawan L. . Culham A.. Bailly N.. Kirk P.. Bourgoin T.. Baillargeon G. . Decock W. . De Wever A.. Didžiulis V.. Fritillaria reuteri Boiss . Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist . ITIS, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 23 October 2017. Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. 2014. .
• Web site: Fritillaria reuteri Boiss.. eMonocot. . 30 October 2017. .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fritillaria reuteri Boiss.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. September 6, 2020.