COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SEVERAL MORPHOLOGICAL ANDREPRODUCTIONAL ASPECTS FOR SOME SPECIES OF THEBELLEVALIA LAPEYROUSE, 1808 ANDORNITHOGALUM LINNAEUS,1753(ASPARAGALES, ASPARAGACEAE) IN CENTRAL an‎d NORTH OFIRAQ

This study aims to study some morphological and reproductional characteristics in eleven species of two genera belonging tothe family of Asparagaceae, which are Bellevalia Lapeyrouse, 1808 and OrnithogalumLinnaeus, 1753 and the species are:Bellevalia chrisiiYildirim and Sahin, 2014;Bellevalia flexuosaBoissier, 1854;Bellevalia kurdistanicaFeinbrun, 1940;Bellevalia longipesPost, 1895;Bellevalia macrobotrysBoissier, 1853;Bellevalia paradoxa Boissier,1882;Bellevalia parvaWendelbo, 1973;Bellevalia saviczii Woronow, 1927;Ornithogalum brachystachys C. Koch, 1849;Ornithogalum neurostegiumBoissier, 1882 andOrnithogalum pyrenaicumLinnaeus, 1753. These species were identified and compared with each other; the results showed that there were differences between the two genera in studying the shape of bulbs, length of leaves and color of the flowers. Each of them showed an important taxonomic mark to be distinguishedfrom the studied species. Morphological studies used with some characters of the reproductive, including the shape and color of the fruits, seeds and embryos were used to diagnoses the species. Also, the current investigation was found that the characteristics of the fruit and how it was connected to the pedicels was very important in the field of taxonomic and identification the species.