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Gagea sect. Gagea
Gagea
Gagea is a large genus of spring flowers in the lily family. Gagea species are perennially flowering plants. It is found primarily in Eurasia with a few species extending into North Africa and one species (Gagea serotina) in North America.
The genus is named after the English naturalist Sir Thomas Gage (1781–1820). They were originally described as species of Ornithogalum, which, together with the usual yellow colour of the flowers, explains the English name yellow star-of-Bethlehem for the common European species, Gagea lutea.
29 branches of this group, most-observed first
Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem
speciesGagea lutea
Gagea pratensis
complexGagea pratensis
Gagea erubescens
speciesGagea erubescens
Small Star-of-Bethlehem
speciesGagea pusilla
Gagea fedtschenkoana
speciesGagea fedtschenkoana
Oriental yellow gagea
speciesGagea nakaiana
Gagea capusii
speciesGagea capusii
Gagea podolica
speciesGagea podolica
Gagea reverchonii
speciesGagea reverchonii
Gagea hiensis
speciesGagea hiensis
Gagea chanae
speciesGagea chanae
Gagea germainae
speciesGagea germainae
Gagea artemczukii
speciesGagea artemczukii
Gagea aipetriensis
speciesGagea aipetriensis
Gagea helenae
speciesGagea helenae
Gagea tisoniana
speciesGagea tisoniana
Gagea longiscapa
speciesGagea longiscapa
Gagea brevistolonifera
speciesGagea brevistolonifera
Gagea xiphoidea
speciesGagea xiphoidea
Gagea shmakoviana
speciesGagea shmakoviana
Gagea × pomeranica
hybridGagea × pomeranica
Gagea calyptrifolia
speciesGagea calyptrifolia
Gagea charadzeae
speciesGagea charadzeae
Gagea praemixta
speciesGagea praemixta
Gagea rubicunda
speciesGagea rubicunda
Gagea angelae
speciesGagea angelae
Gagea huochengensis
speciesGagea huochengensis
Gagea ancestralis
speciesGagea ancestralis
Gagea almaatensis
speciesGagea almaatensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1676199.