sentences:  The plant was first described by Christabel Beck under the name of "Fritillaria assyriaca" in 1953.Plants were collected in Persia by Admiral Paul Furse in 1962, and brought into cultivation under that name.In 1974, Martyn Rix at Kew proposed the new name of "Fritillaria uva-vulpis" for "Fritillaria assyriaca" sensu Beck.