Bellevalia

Jafari, Azarnoosh, Vaezi, Jamil, Forghanifard, Mohammad Mahdi, Forest, Félix & Manning, John C., 2021, A revised infrageneric classification of Bellevalia Lapeyr. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) based on molecular analysis, Phytotaxa 525 (1), pp. 70-84 : 81-82

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.525.1.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5704761
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scientific name	Bellevalia
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1. B. sect. Bellevalia View in CoL

B. sect. Patens Feinbr. in Palest. J. Bot. 1: 337 (1940), nom. illeg. superfl. Type species: B. romana (L.) Sweet View in CoL [ Hyacinthus romanus L View in CoL .], lectotype, designated by Wendelbo in Notes R. B. G. 38(3): 425 (1980).

B. sect. Patens subsect. Romana Feinbr. in Palest. J. Bot. 1: 338 (1940), nom. illeg. superfl. Type species: B. romana (L.) Sweet View in CoL [ Hyacinthus romanus L. View in CoL ]

B. sect. Patens subsect. Cavarea Mattei ex Feinbr. in Palest. J. Bot. 1: 338 (1940), syn. nov. Type species: B. sessiliflora Kunth View in CoL , lecotype, designated here .

B. sect. Oxydontae Los. ex Wendelbo in Notes RBG Edinburgh 38: 426 (1980), syn. nov. Type species: B. paradoxa Boiss View in CoL = B. pycnantha (C. Koch) A. Loz View in CoL .

[ B. sect. Nutantes subsect. Coloratae Feinbr. [as ‘ Colorata ’] pro parte. (excluding type) in Palest. J. Bot. 1: 337 (1940).]

Leaves longer or shorter than scape, margins glabrous. Inflorescence cylindrical or oblong-ovoid; pedicels shorter than flowers or flowers ±sessile, horizontal or recurved. Perianth tubular-campanulate or urceolate, white, blue, violet to dirty purple or brown without green veining on lobes. Anthers violet or yellow. Capsule valves ovate, orbicular or elliptic with obtuse apex or cordate base.