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Ornithogalum L.

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Ornithogalum L., Sp. Pl. 306-308 (1753)
Ornithogalum L.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Names_Fungi record source Ornithogalum

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
306-308
ICN
Ornithogalum L.
genus
Ornithogalum

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Asparagaceae
Ornithogalum

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Ornithogalum L.

Bulbous, clump-forming perennials. Bulb tunicate, ± globose. Leaves all basal, usually linear, glabrous or hairy. Flowers in erect terminal corymbose racemes; segments free or ± connate at base, spreading, usually white with green median stripe externally; lower pedicels elongating; bract single, scarious. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds many, subglobose, black. Spp. c. 150, of Europe, W. Asia, tropical and S. Africa, and S. America (Chile). Adventive sp. 1.

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Galtonia Decne.
Galtonia Decne.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Ornithogalum L.
Liliaceae Juss.
Galtonia Decne.
Galtonia Decne.
Mabberley, D.J. (2017)
Ornithogalum L.
Ornithogalum L.
Ornithogalum L.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Ornithogalum L.
Ornithogalum L.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Ornithogalum L.
Asparagaceae Juss.
Ornithogalum L.
Ornithogalum L.
Mabberley, D.J. (2017)

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. (1994)

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Ornithogalum L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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d89f9a54-deb0-4dec-b173-a3c3a386fbb2
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
1 August 2011
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