# Puschkinia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Puschkinia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Puschkinia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puschkinia > Source revision: 1354830455 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Puszkinia_cebulicowata_Puschkinia_libanotica_IV_2006_1.jpg | image_caption = ''[Puschkinia scilloides](/source/Puschkinia_scilloides)'' | taxon = Puschkinia | authority = [Adams](/source/Johannes_Michael_Friedrich_Adams) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Adamsia'' Willd. }} '''''Puschkinia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of four known species of [bulb](/source/bulb)ous [perennials](/source/perennial_plant) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asparagaceae](/source/Asparagaceae), subfamily [Scilloideae](/source/Scilloideae). It is native to the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) and the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East). ''[Puschkinia scilloides](/source/Puschkinia_scilloides)'' is grown as an [ornamental bulbous plant](/source/ornamental_bulbous_plant). ==Description== The leaves are green, strap-like, and grow in pairs. The flowers are borne in early spring in [raceme](/source/raceme)s up to about {{cvt|25|cm|in|0}} high. The six [tepal](/source/tepal)s 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''](/source/Scilla_sect._Chionodoxa)), the bases of the [stamen](/source/stamen)s 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](/source/Scilla)'' (squills), the stamens are not joined together. Seeds are borne in three-parted [capsules](/source/capsule_(fruit)). After the seed ripens in early summer, the plants become [dormant](/source/dormancy) until the next [spring](/source/spring_(season)). thumb|Close-up of flower of ''Puschkinia scilloides'' ==Taxonomy== The genus ''Puschkinia'' was erected by [Johann Friedrich Adam](/source/Johann_Friedrich_Adam) in 1805. It is named in honor of the Russian botanist [Apollo Mussin-Pushkin](/source/Apollo_Mussin-Pushkin). Now placed in the subfamily [Scilloideae](/source/Scilloideae) of the family Asparagaceae, like other [lilioid monocots](/source/lilioid_monocots), it was once included in the [Liliaceae](/source/Liliaceae). ===Species=== {{As of|2022|April}}, the [World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) accepted four species: * ''[Puschkinia bilgineri](/source/Puschkinia_bilgineri)'' Yildirim – Turkey * ''[Puschkinia kurdistanica](/source/Puschkinia_kurdistanica)'' Ruksans – Turkey * ''[Puschkinia peshmenii](/source/Puschkinia_peshmenii)'' Rix & B.Mathew - native to Turkey and Iran * ''[Puschkinia scilloides](/source/Puschkinia_scilloides)'' Adams (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](/source/ornamental_bulbous_plant), particularly recommended as an early flowering bulb for cool, well drained positions. ''[Puschkinia peshmenii](/source/Puschkinia_peshmenii)'' is rare in cultivation. ==Culture== In 1993, an illustration of ''Puschkinia scilloides'' was used as a [postage stamp](/source/postage_stamp) in Azerbaijan, with a series of other flowers, including ''[Iris reticulata](/source/Iris_reticulata)'', ''[Tulipa systola](/source/Tulipa_systola)'' (syn. ''T. persica''), ''[Iris acutiloba](/source/Iris_acutiloba)'', [''Iris iberica'' subsp. ''elegantissima''](/source/Iris_iberica_subsp._elegantissima) (syn. ''I. elegantissima'') and ''[Tulipa florenskyii](/source/Tulipa_florenskyii)''.{{cite web |title=Azerbaijan |url=http://www.stampworld.com/en/stamps/Azerbaijan/Postage%20stamps/?year=1993 |publisher=stampworld.com |access-date=7 March 2016}} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= {{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 }} {{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 }} {{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 }} {{citation |title=''Puschkinia''|work=[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=285958 |access-date=2017-08-08}} {{citation |title=Search for ''Puschkinia''|work=[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Puschkinia |access-date=2017-05-05 }} }} ==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] {{Taxonbar|from=Q2580430}} Category:Asparagaceae genera Category:Ephemeral plants Category:Scilloideae Category:Flora of Russia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Puschkinia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puschkinia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puschkinia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.