Gagea tenuissima Miscz., Fl. Cauc. Crit.

Tekşen, Mehtap & Erkul, Seher Karaman, 2015, The synopsis of the genus Gagea (Liliaceae) in Turkey, Phytotaxa 230 (1), pp. 101-129 : 114

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.230.2.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13630821
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scientific name	Gagea tenuissima Miscz., Fl. Cauc. Crit.
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Gagea tenuissima Miscz., Fl. Cauc. Crit. View in CoL 2(4): 163 (1912)

Type (lectotype designated by Davlianidze 1976: 133): — TURKEY. in declivibus Transcaucasiae austro-occidentalis [Prov. Batumi, distr. Artvin, in declivibus supra pagum Lomaschen], 31 April 1908, Woronov s.n. ( LE!).

Specimens seen: — TURKEY. Artvin: District Artvin, Lomaşen village , stony slopes, 264 m, 12 March 2011, M. Tekşen 2730 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; ibidem, stony slopes, 8 April 2012, M. Tekşen 2870 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) ; ibidem, 16 March 2013, M. Tekşen 2895 & S. Karaman ( AKSU!) .

Flowering time: — December–March.

Habitat: — Stony slopes, wet places, scrub, 264– 280 m.

Distribution: — Euxine element. Turkey (North-esat Anatolia), Georgia ( Tison et al. 2013).

Note: — Gagea tenuissima is characterized by filiform and 2–4 times longer than plant basal leaves, opposite and curved cauline leaves, and 1–7 flowered, though having only one open flower at a time in the inflorescence, differently from other Gagea species.