View source for Scilla ← Scilla You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Scilla |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 308. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 146. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Squill |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Liliaceae;Scilla |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scilla]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek skilla, squill, the officinal or its source, Urginea maritima, syn. Scilla maritima |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 58, 315 |treatment_page=page 320 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, scapose, from bulbs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bulb duration;bulb shape;bulb duration;scale fusion"><b>Bulbs </b>perennial, ovoid to globose, composed of free scales, progressively renewed annually.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>few, basal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemose or cymose, 1–many-flowered, sometimes bracteate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bract quantity;bract quantity;bract position">bracts none or 1, subtending each flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration"><b>Flowers:</b> perianth usually blue or purple, rarely white;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="tepal fusion;tepal architecture">tepals distinct to base, each 1-veined;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="filament fusion">filaments inserted at base of perianth, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="anther fixation;anther dehiscence">anthers dorsifixed, introrse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil quantity;pistil architecture">pistil 1, 3-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;septal nectary presence;ovule quantity">ovary superior, 3-locular, septal nectaries present, ovules 1–10 per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style architecture">style simple.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, 3-lobed, subglobose, dehiscence loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed quantity;seed architecture;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>3–30, not winged, globose to ellipsoid, elaiosomes present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="elaiosome presence;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Eurasia;especially Mediterranean area and sw Asia;s Africa |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 50 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>A number of species of Scilla are commonly grown for their early, showy spring flowers, and present the possibility of becoming naturalized. In particular, S. bifolia Linnaeus, two-leaved squill, has been reported in Michigan (E. G. Voss 1972–1985, vol. 1) and northwestern Indiana (F. Swink and G. S. Wilhelm 1994). The summer-flowering hyacinth squill, S. hyacinthoides Linnaeus [Nectaroscilla hyacinthoides (Linnaeus) Parlatore], has been collected along roadsides near Mooringsport, Louisiana, and in Navarro County, Texas; it is readily distinguished from the spring-flowering species by its tall scapes (30–80 cm) with more than 40 flowers, and its more numerous leaves (8–10).</p><!-- --><p>F. Speta (1998, 1998b) drastically split Scilla, placing the Eurasian members into 10–12 mostly small genera on the basis of molecular (M. Pfosser and F. Speta 1999) and karyological (J. Greilhuber 1982; J. Greilhuber et al. 1981; F. Speta 1979) studies, as well as morphological data. Some of these segregate genera correspond to subgenera and sections recognized in other Eurasian treatments over the past 75 years (e.g., P. Chouard 1930; J. McNeill 1980; E. V. Mordak 1984), but others represent even finer splitting.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Scilla |author=J. McNeill |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Liliaceae |distribution=Eurasia;especially Mediterranean area and sw Asia;s Africa |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_639.xml |genus=Scilla |anther dehiscence=introrse |anther fixation=dorsifixed |bract position=subtending |bract quantity=1;0 |bulb duration=renewed;perennial |bulb shape=ovoid;globose |elaiosome presence=absent |filament fusion=distinct |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit dehiscence=loculicidal |fruit shape=subglobose;3-lobed |inflorescence architecture=bracteate;1-many-flowered;cymose |inflorescence arrangement=racemose |leaf quantity=few |ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular |ovary position=superior |ovule quantity=1;10 |perianth coloration=white;purple;blue |pistil architecture=3-carpellate |pistil quantity=1 |scale fusion=free |seed architecture=not winged |seed quantity=3;30 |seed shape=globose;ellipsoid |septal nectary presence=absent |stamen quantity=6 |style architecture=simple |tepal architecture=1-veined |tepal fusion=distinct |whole_organism architecture=scapose |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=herb |x chromosome quantity=12;11;10;9;8;7;6;5 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Liliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Liliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Scilla.