Liliaceae

A. macrochaetum Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:239 (1882). Bulb ovoid, l-2(-2.5) cm diam.; outer tunics brownish or greyish. Stem
(25-)30-100 cm. Leaves 3-4, 2-20 mm broad, flat, smooth, withering during anthesis. Spathe with 4-16 cm beak, soon caducous. Umbel hemispherical or globose, 2-8 cm diam., lax or extremely dense. Pedicels slender, unequal, 4-5 x perianth, with or without bracteoles at base. Perianth shortly campanulate; segments pink, pale dirty mauve, lilac-pink orrarely white, 2.5-3.5 mm, smooth, oblong, obtuse. Filaments glabrous; median cusp of inner filaments exserted; lateral cusps setaceous, mostly contorted, 2-2.5 x perianth. Capsule globose, c. 2.5 mm.
1. Outer bulb tunics breaking into fibres; leaves 2-5 mm broad; beak of spathe 4-6 cm; umbel 2-4.5 cm diam., usually hemispherical, lax subsp. macrochaetum
1. Outer bulb tunics not breaking into fibres; leaves 7-20 mm broad; beak of spathe 7-16 cm; umbel 6-8 cm diam., dense subsp. tuncelianum
subsp. tuncelianum Kollmann in Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 41:262, f. 6 (1983). Figure 6. Map 22. Fl. 7-8. Eroded slopes, rocky places,limestone seme, 1100-2100 m.
Type: Turkey B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da., in Aksu Dere above Ovacik, 1800 m, 21 vii 1957, Davis 31498 (holo. E!).
E. & adjacent C. Anatolia. B6 Sivas: Sivas to Zara, Karabel pass, 1800 m, D. 68802! B7 Tunceli: Tunceli to Ovacik, 1100 m, T. Baytop (lSTE 23198)! Erzincan: Tepecik köy, Munzur Da., 2100 m, Koyuncu (AEF 3953)!
Endemic. lr .-Tur. element. Only in the holotype are the outer bulb tunics present; on the basis of this specimen, they do not appear to split into fibres as in subsp. macrochaetum. In bulb diameter, stem height and in shape and size of leaves and spathe, subsp. tuncelianum also resembles A. ampelopmsum s.L but it is quite different in perianth characters.