Genus: Ornithogalum L.

Also sometimes placed in: Hyacinthaceae Liliaceae

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

• Barrie, F. R. 2006. Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55:796. [conservation deemed unnecessary].
  
• Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:611–612. [conservation proposal recommended].
  
• Jarvis, C. E. 1991. Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41:552–583. [subcommittee on Linnaean generic names proposal for conservation].
  
• Manning, J. C. et al. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh J. Bot. 60:533–568.
  
• Nicolson, D. H. 1999. Report of the General Committee: 8. Taxon 48:373–374. [action on Linnaean generic names deferred].
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

• (~ ) Albuca L.
• (=~) Avonsera Speta
• (= ) Battandiera Maire
• (=~) Cathissa Salisb.
• (=~) Coilonox Raf.
• (~ ) Dipcadi Medik.
• (=~) Eliokarnos Raf.
• (= ) Elsiea F. M. Leight.
• (=~) Galtonia Decne.
• (=~) Honorius Gray
• (=~) Loncomelos Raf.
• (=~) Melomphis Raf.
• (=~) Neopatersonia Schönland
• (~ ) Pseudogaltonia (Kuntze) Engl.
• (=~) Zahariadia Speta, nom. inval.

Check other nomenclature databases for Ornithogalum:

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

Subdivisions of genus Ornithogalum:

Images:

• Disseminule drawings (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Ornithogalum pyrenaicum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seed (Ornithogalum nutans): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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