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Nothoscordum gracile and N. borbonicum (Alliaceae)
Author(s) -
Ravenna Pierfelice
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1223230
Subject(s) - taxon , biology , botany , type (biology) , asteraceae , zoology , ecology
Summary Ravenna, P.: Nothoscordum gracile and N. borbonicum (Alliaceae). ‐ Taxon 40: 485–487. 1991. ‐ ISSN 0040‐0262. The weedy species long known as Nothoscordum fragrans is N. borbonicum Kunth, not N. gracile. It is postulated that N. borbonicum originated as a natural hybrid between two wild species, N. entrerianum and genuine N. gracile , in the area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The differences between N. gracile and N. borbonicum are given. Nothoscordum subg. Euryscordum (type: N. gracile ) is proposed to replace N. subg. Platyscordum , the type of which, N. inodorum , belongs in Allium.