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Hyacinthaceae
Scilla

not marked as a favorite taxon *Scilla Linnaeus. Common name: Squill.

A genus of ca. 50 species, of Eurasia and s. Africa. Özüdoğru et al. (2022) provisionally supported the current circumscriptions of Scilla and related genera (Chionodoxa in our region) pending more extensive molecular investigations.

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References: McNeill (2002c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002a); Özüdoğru et al. (2022); Stace (2010). Show full citations.

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