Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f.

Tekşen, Mehtap & Erkul, Seher Karaman, 2015, The synopsis of the genus Gagea (Liliaceae) in Turkey, Phytotaxa 230 (1), pp. 101-129 : 121-122

Gagea reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f. in Roemer & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7(1): 542 (1829)

≡ Ornithogalum reticulatum Pall., Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 727 (1776) ≡ Stellaster reticulatus (Pall.) Kuntze, Revis. General. Pl. 2: 716 (1891) ≡ Ornithogalum circinnatum L.f., Suppl. Pl. 199 (1782) nom. illeg. ≡ Gagea circinnata (L.f) Loudon, Hort. Brit. 134 (1830) ≡ Hornungia circinnata (L.f) Bernh., Flora 23: 390 (1840) = Gagea reticularis Salisb., Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 2: 557 (1806) nom. superfl. = Gagea alexandrina Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5(1): 208 (1882) = Gagea tenuifolia (Boiss.) Fomin in Fomin & Woronow., Operd. Rast. Kavk. Krimo 1: 233 (1909) ≡ Gagea reticulata var. tenuifolia Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 208 (1882) = Gagea tehranica Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 291 (1920) = Gagea pseudoreticulata Vved. in Fedtschenko et al., Fl. Turkm. 1: 268 (1932).

Type (lectotype designated by Levichev & Tison 2004b: 310): — Caspi, Pallas s.n. ( LE!).

Specimens seen: — TURKEY. Ağrı: Patnos, Katavin mountain, above Kırıkkapan village , steppe, 1900 m, 29 April 2006, H.47 ( VANF!) ; Aksaray: Kalanlar state, steppe, 1050–1138 m, 9 April 2005, M. Öztürk & M. Dinç 285 ( MR!) ; Ankara: Tuz lake, 45 km N of Şereflikoçhisar, 29 April 1965, M. J. E. Coode & B. M. G. Jones No: 128 ( E!) ; Antalya: Alanya, March 1937, Gleisberg 332 ( ANK!) ; Antalya, 3 April 1938, Gassner 941 ( ANK!) ; Bitlis: Adilcevaz, N of Bahçedere village , alpine meadows, 2100 m, 10 May 1988, L. Behçet 670 ( VANF!) ; Diyarbakır: Çınar, 14 km from Çınar to Mardin, 1.5 km beyond Aşağıkonak , rocky slopes, 6 April 1975, H. Demiriz, Ö. Saya, I. Emre, A. Çırpıcı 28504 ( ISTF!, ESSE!) ; Bismil, 3.5 km from Bağpınar to Kağıtlı , meadows, 9 April 1975, H. Demiriz, Ö. Saya 28526 ( ISTF!) ; Elazığ: Baskil, N of Topalkalem village , steppe, 500–1100 m, 5 April 1998, L. Behçet 5809 ( VANF!) ; Erzurum: Horasan-Kars, 2 km beyond Horasan , steppe, 1539 m, 26 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2783 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Gaziantep: Gaziantep, c. 1000 m, 18 April 1934, Balls 795 ( AEF!) ; Içel: Mut-Ermenek , Suçatı village, fields, 50 m, 22 March 1981, M. Koyuncu & M. Coşkun 11441 ( AEF!) ; Silifke, Silifke castle, meadows, 150 m, 7 March 1977, M. Koyuncu 6042 ( AEF!) ; Kilis: Radar environment, rocky limestone slopes, 1200 m, 7 April 1998, A. A. Dönmez 5847 & E. O. Dönmez ( HUB!) ; Mardin: Sultanköy-Ahreski (Akbağ) pass, meadows, 6 April 1975, H. Demiriz & Ö. Saya, I. Emre 5540 ( ESSE!) ; Kızıltepe, Sancarlı , stony slopes, 4 April 1981, A. Kılıç 5336 ( ESSE!) ; Siirt: Baykan , around of YIBO, wet places, 820 m, 7 April 2002, A. A. 1883 ( VANF!) ; Siirt: Siirt-Eruh, Kaplıca state, Botan river side, 450 m, 14 April 2009, S. Aslan 3111 ( GAZI!) ; Şanlıurfa: Merkez, Siverek, Direkli village , stony places, steppe, 737 m, 21 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2737 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Birecik, above Çiftlik village , steppe, 629 m, 21 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2742 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Merkez, Bozova-W of Korukezen village , stony places, 764 m, 21 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2739 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Birecik, above Çiftlik village , steppe, 629 m, 21 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2743 & S. Karaman ( GAZI!) ; ibidem, 28 May 2011, M. Tekşen 2812 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Siverek, Karageçili, Yolyazı village , fields, 560–580 m, 26 March 2009, A. A.30 ( VANF!) ; Osmanbey campus, steppe, 550 m, 12 March 2002, I. Eker 54 ( GAZI!) ; Van: Gürpınar, Zernek dam-Üçgen village, steppe, 2000 m, 12 May 2007, I. Demir 126 ( VANF!) ; Gürpınar, Bölmeçalı crossroad, steppe, 2400 m, 6 April 2001, M. Ünal 4736 ( VANF!) ; Gürpınar, Işıkpınar-Hacıköy , steppe, 18 May 2013, M. Tekşen 2911 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Gürpınar, Bölmeçalı- Sapakonak village crossroad, steppe, 2133 m, 13 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2437 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Gürpınar, Işıkpınar-Hacıköy , steppe, 2168 m, 13 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2461 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Van-Başkale, 12 to Hoşap, Zernek dam environment, steppe, 1979 m, 10 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2391 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Hoşap-Van, 12 km beyond Hoşap , 1968 m, steppe, 27 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2792 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 8 km from Hoşap to Günbaşı village , steppe, 1950 m, 15 May 2012, M. Tekşen 2874 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 13 km from Hoşap to Günbaşı village , steppe, 950 m, 15 May 2012, M. Tekşen 2877 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Hoşap-Van, 13 km beyond Hoşap , steppe, 1959 m, 27 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2797 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Hoşap-Van, c. 13 km beyond Hoşap, Zernek dam environment, steppe, 1961 m, 27 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2798 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Hoşap-Van, 15 km beyond Hoşap, Zernek dam environment, rock shadow, 1966 m, 27 April 2011, M. Tekşen 2802 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 15 km from Hoşap to Van, rocky places, 1990 m, 19 May 2013, M. Tekşen 2917 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Hoşap-Başkale, 20 km to Başkale , steppe, 2200 m, 23 May 1993, Y. Altan 4948 ( GAZI!) ; Güzelsu-Üçgen village , steppe, 2056 m, 11 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2412 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 5 km from Hoşap to Van, steppe, 1964 m, 14 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2477 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 8 km from Hoşap to Van, steppe, 1960 m, 14 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2485 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 8 km from Hoşap to Van, steppe, 1960 m, 14 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2486 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, 500 m to Taşdöndüren village , steppe, 2053 m, 14 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2473 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Güzelsu, Güzelsu-Taşdöndüren village , steppe, 1998 m, 14 May 2010, M. Tekşen 2469 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; Özalp, N of Emek village , steppe, 2360 m, 25 June 1997, F. Özgökçe 4024 ( VANF!) ; Özalp, Eğribelen-Oymaklı village , steppe, 2100 m, 25 June 1996, F. Özgökçe 1792 ( VANF!) .

Flowering time: — March–June.

Habitat: — Steppe, roadsides, arable fields, rocky and stony places, 50–2200 m.

Distribution: — Irano-Turanian element. Turkey (Central, East, and South Anatolia), North Africa, from East Europe to Central Asia ( Govaerts 2015).

Note: — Gagea reticulata can be easily distinguished from other species by having 0.5–8 cm multilayered, tubular, reticulate neck sometimes extending to inflorescence, and having 5-angled and curved basal leaves. The neck which grows up to 25 mm in G. alexeenkoana and 30 mm in G. communata is seen less frequently and displays splitting at the top.