{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Puszkinia_cebulicowata_Puschkinia_libanotica_IV_2006_1.jpg | image_caption = ''Puschkinia scilloides'' | taxon = Puschkinia | authority = Adams<ref name=WCSP_285958/> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=WCSP_285958/> | synonyms = ''Adamsia'' <small>Willd.</small> }}

'''''Puschkinia''''' is a genus of four known species of bulbous perennials in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.<ref name=APweb/> It is native to the Caucasus and the Middle East.<ref name=WCSP_285958/> ''Puschkinia scilloides'' is grown as an ornamental bulbous plant.

==Description== The leaves are green, strap-like, and grow in pairs. The flowers are borne in early spring in racemes up to about {{cvt|25|cm|in|0}} high. The six tepals are joined at the base to form a tube to about half their length. Like members of the former genus ''Chionodoxa'' (now a section of ''Scilla''), the bases of the stamens are flattened and closely clustered in the middle of the flower; however, unlike ''Chionodoxa'', they are joined to form a cup or corona. In the related genus ''Scilla'' (squills), the stamens are not joined together. Seeds are borne in three-parted capsules. After the seed ripens in early summer, the plants become dormant until the next spring.<ref name=Math87p145/><ref name=RixMath07/> thumb|Close-up of flower of ''Puschkinia scilloides''

==Taxonomy== The genus ''Puschkinia'' was erected by Johann Friedrich Adam in 1805.<ref name=WCSP_285958/> It is named in honor of the Russian botanist Apollo Mussin-Pushkin.<ref name=RixMath07/> Now placed in the subfamily Scilloideae of the family Asparagaceae,<ref name=APweb/> like other lilioid monocots, it was once included in the Liliaceae.

===Species=== {{As of|2022|April}}, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted four species:<ref name=WCSP_Puschkinia/> * ''Puschkinia bilgineri'' <small>Yildirim</small> – Turkey * ''Puschkinia kurdistanica'' <small>Ruksans</small> – Turkey * ''Puschkinia peshmenii'' <small>Rix & B.Mathew</small> - native to Turkey and Iran * ''Puschkinia scilloides'' <small>Adams</small> (striped squill) - native to the Caucasus, Turkey, northern Iran and Lebanon; found in mountain meadows and stony slopes up to {{convert|3,000|m|ft|abbr=on}}

==Cultivation== ''Puschkinia scilloides'' is grown as an ornamental bulbous plant, particularly recommended as an early flowering bulb for cool, well drained positions.<ref name=Math87p145/> ''Puschkinia peshmenii'' is rare in cultivation.<ref name=RixMath07/>

==Culture== In 1993, an illustration of ''Puschkinia scilloides'' was used as a postage stamp in Azerbaijan, with a series of other flowers, including ''Iris reticulata'', ''Tulipa systola'' (syn. ''T.&nbsp;persica''), ''Iris acutiloba'', ''Iris iberica'' subsp. ''elegantissima'' (syn. ''I.&nbsp;elegantissima'') and ''Tulipa florenskyii''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan |url=http://www.stampworld.com/en/stamps/Azerbaijan/Postage%20stamps/?year=1993 |publisher=stampworld.com |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=APweb>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Hyacinthaceae |access-date=2017-08-08 }}</ref>

<ref name=Math87p145>{{Citation |last=Mathew |first=Brian |year=1987 |title=The Smaller Bulbs |contribution=Puschkinia |publication-place=London |publisher=B.T. Batsford |isbn=978-0-7134-4922-8 |page=145 }}</ref>

<ref name=RixMath07>{{Citation |last1=Rix |first1=Martyn |last2=Mathew |first2=Brian |date=2007 |title=582. Puschkinia peshmenii |journal=Curtis's Botanical Magazine |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=54–57 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8748.2007.00561.x |name-list-style=amp }}</ref>

<ref name=WCSP_285958>{{citation |title=''Puschkinia''|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=285958 |access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>

<ref name=WCSP_Puschkinia>{{citation |title=Search for ''Puschkinia''|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Puschkinia |access-date=2017-05-05 }}</ref> }}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://turkiyebitkileri.com/en/photo-gallery/asparagaceae-ku%C5%9Fkonmazgiller/puschkinia-karsumbulu.html ''Puschkinia'' photographs at Plants of Turkey] * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/5924.shtml BBC: Plant Finder] * [http://luirig.altervista.org/botanica/hypertext/1610.htm Botanica Sistematica] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092409/http://www.plantlifeforms.com/503902440204177/LILY__PUSCHKINIA_LIBANOTICA__15177.aspx Plant Life Forms]}} * [http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/query_all/details.pl?id=30886&stufe=A&typ=PFL Sys Tax] * [https://archive.today/20130105192843/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118498355/abstract Martyn Rix, Brian Mathew. PUSCHKINIA PESHMENII: Hyacinthaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine Volume 24 Issue 1, Pages 54 - 57, 2007]

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Category:Asparagaceae genera Category:Ephemeral plants Category:Scilloideae Category:Flora of Russia