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Leucojum
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Leucojum is a small genus of bulbous plants native to Eurasia belonging to the amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. As currently circumscribed, the genus includes only two known species, most former species having been moved into the genus Acis. Both genera are known as snowflakes.
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Leucojum is a genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. It belongs to the order Asparagales, class Liliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta within the kingdom Plantae. The genus is part of the tribe Galantheae and includes the type species Leucojum vernum. Its fruit type is a capsule. Common names for the genus include Ağçiçək, Белакветнік, Блатно кокиче, and bledule.
The native range of Leucojum includes Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, and Hungary. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the genus in the United States, France, and the Netherlands, with specimens held by institutions such as MO, CAS, VT, MNHN, and DOV. The genus has 84,235 occurrences recorded in GBIF and 13,686 observations on iNaturalist, where it is also referred to as Summer snowflake.
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Species
Summer snowflake
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAmaryllidaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- With media
- 37
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Collections
- MO, CAS, VT, MNHN, DOV, USU
- Recorded in
- United States, France, Netherlands, [Afrique Du Sud]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Cultivation
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Leucojum is a small genus of bulbous plants native to Eurasia belonging to the amaryllis family, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. As currently circumscribed, the genus includes only two known species, most former species having been moved into the genus Acis. Both genera are known as snowflakes.
Leucojum is a compound of Greek λευκος, leukos "white" and ἰόν, ion "violet". The spelling Leucoium is also used. In addition to the common name snowflakes, the two Leucojum species are also known as '''St. Agnes' flower, for patron saint of virgins and gardeners, and snowbells'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leucojum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.