Familia:Asparagaceae
Subfamilia:Scilloideae
Tribus:Hyacintheae
Subtribus:Hyacinthinae
Genus:Prospero
Species:P. autumnale –P. battagliae –P. corsicum –P. cudidaghense –P. depressum –P. elisae –P. fallax –P. hanburyi –P. hierae –P. hierapytnense –P. idaeum –P. minimum –P. obtusifolium –P. paratethycum –P. rhadamanthi –P. seisumsianum –P. talosii

ProsperoSalisb., Gen. Pl.:28 (1866).

• Lectotypus (designated bySpeta, Phyton (Horn) 38(1): 115. 1998):Prospero autumnale (L.)Speta
  

This genus indeed may turn out to be a synonym forScilla (Valdés, 2004), but the details here indicate that there is an alternative view (Govaerts (et al.), 2018 and others).

• Salisbury, R.A.† 1866.The Genera of Plants 28.

• Jang, T.-S.,Emadzade, K.,Parker, J.,Temsch, E.M.,Leitch, A.R.,Speta, F. &Weiss-Schneeweiss, H. 2013. Chromosomal diversification and karyotype evolution of diploids in the cytologically diverse genusProspero (Hyacinthaceae).BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(136): 1–17.DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-13-136.Reference page. 
• Speta, F. 1998. Systematische Analyse der GattungScilla L. s.l. (Hyacinthaceae).Phyton (Horn) 38(1): 1–141.PDFReference page.  (Prospero accepted)
• Valdés, B. 2004. Some Validations in Liliaceae.Willdenowia 34(1): 63–64.DOI:10.3372/wi.34.34104Reference page.  (Prospero merged withScilla, but with little or no wider acceptance)

• Govaerts, R.et al. 2018.Prospero inKew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of theRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 31.Reference page.  (Prospero accepted)
• International Plant Names Index. 2014.Prospero. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 3 2014.Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2014.Prospero. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Mar. 2014. (Prospero accepted)
• Hassler, M. 2018.Prospero.World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In:Roskovh, Y.,Abucay, L.,Orrell, T.,Nicolson, D.,Bailly, N.,Kirk, P.,Bourgoin, T.,DeWalt, R.E.,Decock, W.,De Wever, A.,Nieukerken, E. van,Zarucchi, J. &Penev, L., eds. 2018.Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 29.Reference page.  (Prospero accepted)

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• Richard Anthony Salisbury taxa

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