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Ornithogalum L.
Family : Hyacinthaceae
Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 306-308 (1753)  
 
Species
More species (457)
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (present)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Neopatersonia Schönland
=Caruelia Parl. (1854)
=Ethesia Raf.
=Eliokarmos Raf. (1837)
=Nicipe Raf. (1837)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : In a generic revision of Hyacinthaceae (Edinb. J. Bot. 60: 544-553, 2004) Manning & al. lumped several genera into a single large genus Ornithogalum comprising 250-300 species. Manning & al. redefined the delimitation of the genus (Taxon 58: 77-107, 2009) and reinstated Albuca, Dipcadi and Pseudogaltonia. Thus the genus Ornithogalum (called “clade C”, also including 2 species of Stellarioides) was reduced to c. 160 species.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 72 (1995).
  • Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 4: 625 (1997).
  • Trop. Afr. Flow. Plants (Ecol. Distr.) 8: 94 (2014)

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 130 (1931). 
  • Fl. Algérie [Quézel & Santa] 1: 203 (1962).
  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1976). Flora of Libya.
  • Fl. Eur. 5: 35 (1980).
  • Fl. Tunisie [Pottier-Alapetite] : 221 (1981).
  • VALDES, B., S. TALAVERA & E. FERNANDEZ-GALIANO (ed.) (1987). Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, vol. 3 3: 435 
  • Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques Ville de Genève. hors-série. 1: 137
  • MARTINEZ-AZORIN, M. & M. B. CRESPO (2013). What is Ornithogalum canaliculatum ? New data on the African genus Stellarioides (Hyacinthaceae Nord. J. Bot. : 31: 213-221.

Bibliography other :
  • Manning, J. F.Forest, F. Devey, & al. (2009). A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58(1): 77
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
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