Liliaceae

G. taurica Steven in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 30(2):83 (1857). Syn: G. alexe-enkoana Misez. in Trudy Bot. Sada Imp. Jur'evsk. Univ. 9:76(1908); G. caroii-kochii Grossh. in FL URSS 4:736 (1935); G. dayana Chodat & Beauverd var. conjungens (Pascher) Heyn & Dafni in Israel J. Bot. 20:222 (1971). Ic: FL URSS 4: t. 8 f. 5(1935).
Bulb solitary; tunics pale brown, papery, sometimes forming a split and slightly elongated sheath, often entwined with thickened roots. Basal leaf 1, linear, to 3 mm broad, 5-angIed or somewhat canaliculate, solid, usually exceeding inflorescence. Inflorescence umbellate, 2.5-12 cm. Cauline leaves 3-4, whoried, subtending umbel, lowest ones narrowly lanceolate, 2.5-6 cm, usually exceeding flowers. Flowers 1-3. Pedicels unequal, longest ones to 3.5 cm, usually pilose, always shorter than scape. Perianth segments yellow inside, green outside, narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, (10-)15-20 x 2-6 mm, elongating during flowering, acuminate to acute; margins, especially of inner ones, hyaline. Capsule spherical to obovoid or shortly cylindrical, shorter than perianth segments. Fl 4-5. Steppe and stony hillsides, 900-2500 m.
Type: [Crimea] in glareosis vallis Sudak, Steven (holo. LE.!).
Mainiy Inner Anatolia. AI(E)Edime: Kiretch Keuy, Abd-ur-Rahman Nadji s.n.! A6 Sivas: Sivas to Tatlıca, 1600 m, To bey 1655! A9 Kars: Karakurt, Karamanoğlu 254! Bl Balikesir: mt. Ida (Kaz Da.), Sint. 1883:1330! B3Konya: Ilgin, 945 m, Balls 639! B5 Niğde: 50 km S. of Aksaray, 1000 m, Watson et al. 539! B6 Sivas: Gürün, 2100 m, Campbell 20! B7 Elazığ: Hazar Da., 1600 m, Attan 8! B9 Ağri Tahir Da., 2500 m, Rix 1994! C4 Konya: S. of Âynmci, Üçharman to Çatgüzeller, 1500 m, A. Baytop (ISTE 34622)! C5 Niğde: d. Ulukişla, Aktoprak köyü, 1680 m, Güner 1502! C9 Hakkari: Zab gorge, Yeniköprü, 1600 m, Fix Î923!
N.E. Greece, Caucasia, Crimea, Syria, .Palestine, Egypt, Iran; ?C. Asia, Afghanistan. Ir.-Tur. element. The characters on which the species included here were based (le. perianth, segment length and shape, pedicel length, lowest bract length) and the presence or absence of thickened roots, appear to be uncorrelated in Turkish material. More detailed studies of Turkish specimens are needed before distinctions can be drawn between taxa at infraspecific level