698. Fritillaria Usuriensis

Abstract

Fritillaria usuriensis Maxim. is illustrated; its cultivation in China for Chinese traditional medicine, and at Kew are described.

Fritillaria avromanica sp. nov. (Liliaeceae) from Iran and notes on F. melananthera in Turkey

“…In April 2012, while conducting a fi eld trip in the Hawraman, western Iran, unusual specimens of Fritillaria were collected by Mahfouz Advay. Th e specimens were checked in the relevant literature; Grossheim (1935), Rix (1977Rix ( , 1984Rix ( , 1988, Townsend and Guest (1985), Feinbrun-Dothan (1986), Rechinger (1990), Khaniki (1997aKhaniki ( , 1997b, Khaniki and Persson (1997), Xinqi and Mordak 2000and Tek ş en and Ayta ç (2011. Further studies showed that they were not referable to any known taxon of the genus, and therefore F. avromanica is described here as a new species.…”

“…Th e specimens belonging to F. avromanica have yellow anthers during early anthesis and then blackish anthers, and much broader leaves. Also F. assyriaca is widespread and very variable, especially in leaf width according to Rix (1977). But it has always yellow anthers and up to 12 mm wide lowest leaves.…”

“…According to R ø nsted et al (2005), this genus is represented by 100 species, while Kamari and Phitos (2006) reported 145 species. Th e largest number of taxa has been found in Turkey (41), Greece (29), China (28), Russia (22), California (20), and Iran (21) (Rix 1977, 1980, 1984, Rechinger 1990, Khaniki 1998, 2003, R ø nsted et al 2005, Kamari and Phitos 2006, Tomovi ć et al 2007, Wang et al 2009, Hill 2014, Day et al 2014, Tek ş en and Ayta ç 2014). Apparently, Turkey is a diversity center for the genus (Rix 1998).…”

“…Day et al 2014) shows that Fritillaria is monophyletic, and supports the infrageneric classifi cation proposed by Rix (2001). Flora Iranica recognized 17 species (and two subspecies) belonging to four diff erent subgenera ( Fritillaria , Petilium , Th eresia and Rhinopetalum ) (Rix 1977, Rechinger 1990), but since then three new species have been described by Khaniki (1997aKhaniki ( , 1997b and Khaniki and Persson (1997). Th ese are F. atrolineata Bakhshi Khaniki (Khaniki 1997a), F. chlororhabdota Bakhshi Khaniki (Khaniki 1997b, and Fritillaria poluninii (Rix) Bakhshi K.…”