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Fritillaria

Fritillaria

(Science: botany) a genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (f. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.

Origin: NL, fr. L. Fritillus dicebox: cf. F. Fritillaire. So named from the checkered markings of the petals.


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Re: The Colin Leslie Dean species paradox

... the sand). How will we know what organisms to protect if we have no clear idea of which organisms belong to which genetic lineages? For example, Fritillaria gentneri is a federally threatened species, but it has a VERY strong resemblance to Fritillaria recurva. Now if we had no way of distinguishing ...

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