Scilla buekkensis (syn. Scilla drunensis subsp. buekkensis (Speta) Kereszty) is a species of Scilla native to some beech and hornbeam forests in Hungary and Slovakia in Central Europe.[1][2] Since species and subspecies of Scilla greatly vary in numbers of chromosomes, it is hard to tell whether two separate populations should be described as different subspecies or species.[2] The plant derives its name from the Bükk Mountains in North-East Hungary.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Scilla |
| Species: | S. buekkensis
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It is a bulb-bearing herbaceous perennial plant. The flowering stem bears pyramidal raceme of a few flowers; each flower is blue, with six tepals, each 12 mm long and 2,5 mm wide. The flower has 4-7 ovules in each carpel. The flower's elaiosomes are pearl-like, and grouped to form a disc. It flowers from March to April.[3]
This is a protected species in Hungary.[citation needed]
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A flower of Scilla buekkensis
References
edit- ^ Letz, R., Uhríková, A. & Májovský, J. (1999). Chromosome numbers of several interesting taxa of the flora of Slovakia. Biologia, Bratislava 54: 43-49.
- ^ a b Kochjarová, J. (2005). Scilla bifolia group in the Western Carpathians and adjacent part of the Pannonian lowland: annotated chromosome counts. Preslia (Praha) 77: 317–326. Available online (pdf).
- ^ Simon, T. (2000). A magyarországi edényes flóra határozója (Field guide to the vascular flora of Hungary).