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Taxon: Asphodelus albus Mill.

Genus: Asphodelus
Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae subfamily: Asphodeloideae. Also placed in: Asphodelaceae Liliaceae
Nomen number: 5569
Place of publication: Gard. dict. ed. 8: Asphodelus no. 3. 1768
Name verified on: 25-Jul-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Jun-1999
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • white asphodel   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • gamón-blanco   (Source: F Int Apico ) – Spanish

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Hungary; Switzerland
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy
    Southwestern Europe: France [n.w.]; Spain

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. (F Int Apico)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) 5:17.
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Asphodelus albus Mill.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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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/taxon.pl?5569 (09 February 2010)

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