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Convallaria

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Convallaria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as lily-of-the-valley. It includes three species native to temperate Eurasia and the east-central United States. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Convallaria keiskei || southeastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northern, central, and southeastern China, Mongolia, and Myanmar |- |120px ||Convallaria majalis – lily-of-the-valley|| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and central Siberia |- |120px ||Convallaria pseudomajalis – American lily-of-the-valley; || east-central United States (southern Appalachians f

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Solomon's plume

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toAlbania, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia
Observations107,292
Observations recorded479,416

Verbreitungskarte von Convallaria: 1. Convallaria majalis L., 2. Convallaria keiskei, 3. Convallaria pseudomajalis Die Pflanzengattung Convallaria gehört zur Unterfamilie Nolinoideae innerhalb der Familie der Spargelgewächse (Asparagaceae). Die etwa drei Arten sind in den gemäßigten Breiten der Nordhalbkugel weit verbreitet.

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Convallaria
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Convallaria
taxon common name
šmarnica
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Convallaria is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as lily-of-the-valley. It includes three species native to temperate Eurasia and the east-central United States. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Convallaria keiskei || southeastern Siberia, Japan, Korea, northern, central, and southeastern China, Mongolia, and Myanmar |- |120px ||Convallaria majalis – lily-of-the-valley|| Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, and central Siberia |- |120px ||Convallaria pseudomajalis – American lily-of-the-valley; || east-central United States (southern Appalachians from West Virginia to Georgia) |- |}

The generic name means valley in Botanical Latin, in reference to the plant's natural geographical habitat.

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