Loncomelos narbonense

Loncomelos narbonense (L.) Raf. (syn.: Ornithogalum narbonense L.) (Medit., SW-As.) – An exceptional and ephemeral alien. Recorded once with certainty as a grain alien in the port of Antwerp in 2001 (Verloove 2006). A single plant, recorded between cobble stones in the city of Antwerp in 2011, probably also belongs to this species.

Selected literature:


Speta F. (2010) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Loncomelos narbonensis-Verwandtschaft (Hyacinthaceae – Ornithogaloideae). Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Österreich 147: 125-157. [available online at: http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VZBG_147_0125-0157.pdf]

Tornadore N. (1987) Il genere Ornithogalum L. (Liliaceae): 6. O. narbonense L. Atti. Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., B 93: 111-120.

Verloove F. (2006) Graanadventieven nieuw voor de Belgische flora, hoofdzakelijk in de periode 2001-2003. Dumortiera 88: 1-6. [available online at: http://alienplantsbelgium.be/sites/alienplantsbelgium.be/files/dum88p1.pdf]


Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith