Hyacinthella leucophaea (K. Koch) Schur
Synonymy
Taxon info
Hyacinthella leucophaea is a species of SE Europe, with subsp. atchleyi in the S part of its range from Attiki to Serbia and W Bulgaria (cf. Persson & Persson in Candollea 55: 213–225. 2000), with a recent report also from Peloponnisos. It is rare in Greece, being reasonably abundant only on Mt Vourinos. It was described and illustrated, as Bellevalia atchleyi, in Hooker’s Icones Plantarum (34: t. 3329. 1937), named after S. C. Atchley, author of the illustrated book Wild flowers of Attica (1938).A
A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 342 [Plate 13.2]