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Genus Ornithogalum L.

Summary

Genus number:

8579

Last updated:

19 January 2010

Family:

Asparagaceae

Subfamily:

Scilloideae

Tribe:

Ornithogaleae

Accession count:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

List of species records in GRIN

Synonyms

Synonym(s)

Battandiera Maire
Elsiea F. M. Leight.

Probable synonym(s)

Coilonox Raf.
Cathissa Salisb.
Eliokarmos Raf.
Loncomelos Raf.
Honorius Gray
Avonsera Speta
Melomphis Raf.
Zahariadia Speta, nom. inval.
Galtonia Decne.
Neopatersonia Schönland

Possible synonym(s)

Albuca L.
Dipcadi Medik.
Pseudogaltonia (Kuntze) Engl.

Subdivisions of Ornithogalum L.

Subgenus	Section
Aspasia
Aspasia	Aspasia
Aspasia	Hispidaspasia
Avonsera
Galtonia
Galtonia	Galtonia
Galtonia	Xanthochlora
Ornithogalum
Ornithogalum	Cathissa
Ornithogalum	Elsiea
Ornithogalum	Linaspasia
Ornithogalum	Melomphis
Ornithogalum	Myogalum
Ornithogalum	Neopatersonia
Ornithogalum	Ornithogalum

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References:

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=8579. Accessed 31 May 2025.