Gagea lojaconoi explained

Gagea lojaconoi is a Mediterranean and Black Sea species of plants in the lily family. It is native to Sardinia, Sicily, and Turkey.[1]

Gagea lojaconoi is a bulb-forming herb with yellow flowers and green or red stems.[2]

The species is named for Italian botanist Michele Lojacono Pojero (1853-1919).[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=457615 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=gagea+lojaconoi Altervista Flora Italiana, Cipollaccio giallo di Lojacono Gagea lojaconoi
  3. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=22503-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DGagea%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dspec%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3Dlongifolia%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index
  4. Peruzzi, Lorenzo. 2008. Informatore Botanico Italiano; Bolletino della Societa Botanica Italiana 39(Suppl. 1): 145