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Genus: Scilla L.

Family: Asparagaceae subfamily Scilloideae tribe Hyacintheae subtribe Hyacinthinae
Also sometimes placed in: Hyacinthaceae Liliaceae

Common name: squill
Genus number: 10947
Last updated: 19-Jan-2010

List of Species Records in GRIN.


References for genus:

  • Stedje, B. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation of sub-Saharan Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) and allied African genera as inferred from morphological and DNA sequence data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 211:1–11.
More:
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:


Check other nomenclature databases for Scilla:

  • ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
  • NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?10947 (18 May 2013)

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