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APG-Fam.: Asparagacae / Asparagus Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Liliaceae / Lily Fam.  

Synon.:  Prospero autumnale  (L.) SPETA

Genus:  Scilla  L.,  Prospero  SALISB.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   SPETA:  Franz Speta (1941 - 2015), Austrian botanist
   SALISB.:  Richard Anthony Salisbury (Richard Markham, 1761 - 1829), English botanist
 

Etymology:
   Scilla:   Greek name of the Sea Squill Charybdis maritima
   autumnalis:   in autumn
   Prospero:   Prospero, figure from Shakespeare's drama 'The Tempest'
 

SPETA divided the Scilla autumnalis aggregate in at least 11 (micro-)species, but he didn't publish a key to differ these. Beside Scilla autumnalis s.str. which is widespread in almost the whole Mediterranean and Central Europe I have seen Scilla elisae in Northwest Greece.

 

Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Alsace, Westhalten 24.9.2021
Fig. 1:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Alsace, Westhalten 24.9.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Alsace, Westhalten 24.9.2021
Fig. 2:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Alsace, Westhalten 24.9.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Alsace, Westhalten 24.9.2021
Fig. 3:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Alsace, Westhalten 24.9.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Maures, La Motte 12.10.2003
Fig. 4:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Maures, La Motte 12.10.2003
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Maures, La Motte 12.10.2003
Fig. 5:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Maures, La Motte 12.10.2003
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Fig. 6:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Fig. 7:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Fig. 8:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Fig. 9:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
F Maures, La Garde Freinet 8.10.2021
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023
Fig. 10:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023
Fig. 11:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023
Fig. 12:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Bonassola 4.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Levanto 4.10.2023
Fig. 13:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Levanto 4.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Levanto 4.10.2023
Fig. 14:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Levanto 4.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Fig. 15:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Fig. 16:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Fig. 17:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Liguria, Sestri Levante 3.10.2023
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Passignano 17.9.1996
Fig. 18:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Passignano 17.9.1996
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, I Passignano 17.9.1996
Fig. 19:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
I Passignano 17.9.1996
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, GR Dafni 6.9.2014
Fig. 20:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
GR Dafni 6.9.2014
Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill, TR Alanya 14.11.2003
Fig. 21:  Scilla autumnalis / Autumn Squill
TR Alanya 14.11.2003

 


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