Galanthus

Also known as snowdrops, Snowdrop, sněženka

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Galanthus is a genus within the family Amaryllidaceae, classified under the order Asparagales and class Liliopsida. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae. The taxonomic type for this genus is Galanthus nivalis, and its fruit type is a capsule. The parent taxon is Galantheae.

The genus is native to Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, and Italy. Records from iDigBio indicate collections in Spain, the Netherlands, the United States, and the United Kingdom, with institutions including UCONN. The scientific name is cited as Galanthus L.

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Species

Galanthus

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAsparagales
FamilyAmaryllidaceae

Native toAlbania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy

Observations recorded224,023

Weiße Jungfrau und Galanthus sind Weiterleitungen auf diesen Artikel. Zum Menhir siehe Die weißen Jungfrauen. Zum Asteroiden siehe (1250) Galanthus. Dieser Artikel behandelt die Pflanzengattung. Zum Walzer siehe Schnee-Glöckchen. Regional wird die Frühlingsknotenblume als Großes Schneeglöckchen bezeichnet. Kleines Schneeglöckchen (Galanthus nivalis): Links die normale Form und rechts die gefülltblühende Ausleseform, Galanthus nivalis forma pleniflorus 'Flore Pleno' Die Schneeglöckchen (Galanthus) bilden eine Pflanzengattung innerhalb der Familie der Amaryllisgewächse (Amaryllidaceae). Die etwa 20 Arten kommen von Mittel-, Südeuropa bis Vorderasien und den Kaukasus vor. Sie sind seit Jahrhunderten beliebte Zierpflanzen, da sie zu den ersten Blütenpflanzen des Vorfrühlings gehören. Drei Arten haben ihre Blütezeit bereits im Herbst. In Mitteleuropa ist nur das Kleine Schneeglöckchen heimisch. Einige andere Arten treten hier stellenweise verwildert auf. Das Hauptverbreitungsgebiet der Schneeglöckchen liegt in den Ländern rund um das Schwarze Meer.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 562
With media: 430
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Collections: US, UCONN
Recorded in: Spain, Netherlands, United States, United Kingdom

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Research

418 papers

Biological Activities of Snowdrop (Galanthus spp., Family Amaryllidaceae).ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology · 2020Kong CK, Low LE, Siew WS et al.DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.552453
Therapeutic and medicinal effects of snowdrop (Galanthus spp.) in Alzheimer's disease: A review.ReviewJournal of education and health promotion · 2023Babashpour-Asl M, Kaboudi PS, Barez SRDOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_451_22
Phytochemical and Cytotoxic Aspects of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids in Galanthus Species: A Review.ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Georgiev B, Sidjimova B, Berkov SDOI: 10.3390/plants13243577
Anti-tumor and anti-viral activities of Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA)-related lectins.ReviewGlycoconjugate journal · 2013Wu L, Bao JKDOI: 10.1007/s10719-012-9440-z
New Cultivars of Galanthus nivalis in Slovenia.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Bavcon J, Ravnjak BDOI: 10.3390/plants13131728
Study on Galanthus species in the Bulgarian flora.Heliyon · 2019Semerdjieva I, Sidjimova B, Yankova-Tsvetkova E et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03021
Alkaloids from Galanthus nivalis.Phytochemistry · 2007Berkov S, Codina C, Viladomat F et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.03.025
Galanthamine from Galanthus and other Amaryllidaceae--chemistry and biology based on traditional use.ReviewThe Alkaloids. Chemistry and biology · 2010Heinrich MDOI: 10.1016/s1099-4831(10)06804-5

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thumb|Galanthus nivalis: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885

Galanthus (from Ancient Greek , (, "milk") + (, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. The plants have two linear leaves and a single small white drooping bell-shaped flower with six petal-like (petaloid) tepals in two circles (whorls). The smaller inner petals have green markings.

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