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List of Scilla species

List of Scilla species is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Scilla species rather than just read about it. In short: This list of Scilla species shows the accepted species names within the genus Scilla, which are predominantly spring perennial plants in the order of Asparagales, and the Asparagaceae (amaryllis) family. The common name is squill, but this has also been applied to a number of taxa not included in Scilla.

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Reference excerpt

This list of Scilla species shows the accepted species names within the genus Scilla, which are predominantly spring perennial plants in the order of Asparagales, and the Asparagaceae (amaryllis) family. The common name is squill, but this has also been applied to a number of taxa not included in Scilla. The number of species varies from 30 to about 80, depending on how narrowly or widely the genus is defined. In the narrow circumscription (e.g Speta 1998) a number of species are segregated into eight separate smaller genera. Species of Chionodoxa are often included with Scilla and some classifications list those as a separate section of the genus Scilla (section Chionodoxa) (sec, all other species being included in section Scilla.

List As of 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Hybrids A hybrid has been named:

Scilla × allenii (G.Nicholson) Speta

Renamed within genus Scilla Scilla siehei – glory-of-the-snow: see Scilla forbesii

Formerly included The common bluebell of British and European bluebell woods, still occasionally referred to by a former name, Scilla non-scripta, is now known as Hyacinthoides non-scripta. Several African species previously classified in Scilla have been removed to the genus Ledebouria. The best known of these is the common houseplant still sometimes known as Scilla violacea but now properly Ledebouria socialis.

Scilla autumnalis – autumn squill: see Prospero autumnale Scilla maritima – sea squill: see Drimia maritima Scilla nutans – common bluebell: see Hyacinthoides non-scripta

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of Scilla species ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of Scilla species

In research: List of Scilla species appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of Scilla species in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of Scilla species is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of plant species, Scilla, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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