Galanthus plicatus
In habitat in Ukraine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Galanthus
Species:
G. plicatus
Binomial name
Galanthus plicatus
M.Bieb.[1]

Galanthus plicatus, the pleated snowdrop,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to eastern Europe and western Asia.[1] It is a spring flowering bulbous herbaceous perennial.

Description

Galanthus plicatus grows to about 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. Its leaves are bluish or greyish green, broader than many other species of Galanthus, up to 2 cm (0.79 in) wide. The leaf edges are folded back away from the upper surface of the leaf, both in bud and after they expand. The nodding white flowers appear in very early spring, and are among the very first plants to flower. They have six white tepals. The outer three are all white, 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in) long; the inner three are shorter and notched, with a green mark above the notch, often extending to beyond the middle of the tepal.[3][4] In G. plicatus subsp. byzantinus, the inner tepals also have a green mark at the base.[4][5]

Taxonomy

Galanthus plicatus was first described by the German biologist Friedrich Marschall von Bieberstein in 1819.[1] In 1893, Baker described Galanthus byzantinus from north-western Turkey as a separate species, differing in possessing green marks at the base as well as the tip of the inner three tepals. It is now usually treated as a subspecies of G. plicatus.[5][6]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Galanthus plicatus subsp. byzantinus (Baker) D.A.Webb – north-west Turkey[7]
  • Galanthus plicatus subsp. plicatus – throughout the range of the species[8]

Distribution and habitat

Galanthus plicatus occurs from eastern Europe (Romania, Ukraine and Crimea) through Turkey to the north-west Caucasus.[1] G. plicatus subsp. plicatus is found throughout the range of the species,[7] G. plicatus subsp. byzantinus only in north-west Turkey.[8] The species is found in woodland and scrub, usually in shade.[3] Ii is a red book species in Ukraine, and in the Crimean Tatar language it's called aqbardaq - white cup.[9]

Cultivation

Galanthus plicatus[2] and the cultivar 'Three Ships' [10] are both recipients of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The cultivar 'Wendy's Gold' has a yellow ovary and yellow markings on the inner petals.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Galanthus plicatus", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-12-28
  2. 1 2 "Galanthus plicatus". RHS Plant Selector. RHS. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 Grey-Wilson, Christopher; Mathew, Brian & Blamey, Marjorie (1981). Bulbs : the bulbous plants of Europe and their allies. London: Collins. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-00-219211-8.
  4. 1 2 Mathew, Brian (1987), The Smaller Bulbs, London: B.T. Batsford, p. 99, ISBN 978-0-7134-4922-8
  5. 1 2 Beckett, K., ed. (1993), "Galanthus byzantinus", Encyclopaedia of Alpines : Volume 1 (A–K), Pershore, UK: AGS Publications, p. 512, ISBN 978-0-900048-61-6
  6. ↑ "Galanthus byzantinus", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-12-28
  7. 1 2 "Galanthus plicatus subsp. byzantinus", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-12-28
  8. 1 2 "Galanthus plicatus subsp. plicatus", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-12-28
  9. ↑ "Safran, nargiz ve aqbardaq: Aqmescit nebatat bağçasında navrez güllerniñ çeçeklenmesi". Qırım.Aqiqat. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  10. ↑ "Galanthus plicatus 'Three Ships'". RHS. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Galanthus plicatus 'Wendy's Gold'". Plants. RHS. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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