Notholirion

Notholirion
Notholirion macrophyllum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Liliales
Family:Liliaceae
Subfamily:Lilioideae
Tribe:Lilieae
Genus:Notholirion
Wall. ex Boiss.
Type species
Notholirion thomsonianum
(Royle) Stapf[2]

Notholirion is a small Asian genus of bulbous plants in the lily family. It is closely related to Lilium, but each individual flowers only once, and then dies after producing offsets. The bulb is covered by a tunic. Leaves are basal, produced in autumn and winter.[3][4]

Taxonomy

Baker (1874)[5] considered Notholirion to be a subgenus of Fritillaria, but Boissier (1884)[4] separated it as a distinct genus. The evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships between the genera currently included in Liliaceae are shown in the following Cladogram:

Cladogram: Phylogeny and biogeography of the genera of the Liliaceae

Liliaceae

 

West NA

 

Tricyrtis

 
 

Streptopoideae

 

Streptopus

 
 

 

Prosartes

 
 

Scoliopus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

West NA

Calochortus

 
Lilioideae* East NA EA

Medeoleae East NA

 

Clintonia

 
 

Medeola

 
 
Lilieae s.l. EA

Tulipeae East Asia

 

 

Tulipa

 
 

 

Amana

 
 

Erythronium

 
 
 
 

 

Gagea (Lloydia)

 
 
 
Lilieae s.s. Himalayas

 

Notholirion

 
 

 

Cardiocrinum

 
 

 

Lilium (Nomocharis)

 
 

Fritillaria

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Phylogenetic tree reflecting relationships based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
*=Liliaceae sensu Tamura; EA=Eurasia NA=North America

Species

List of species:[6][7][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1878 illustration. Source: Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 104, lithograph by J. Nugent Fitch
  2. ↑ lectotype designated by Wilson, Lilies E. Asia 100 (1925).
  3. 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 133 假百合属 jia bai he shu Notholirion Wallich ex Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 190. 1882.
  4. 1 2 Boissier 1884.
  5. ↑ Baker 1874.
  6. ↑ The Plant List
  7. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Bibliography

  • Baker, J. G. (1874). "Revision of the Genera and Species of Tulipeae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. xiv (76). Fritillaria pp. 251–275. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00314.x.
  • Boissier, Pierre Edmond (1884). "Notholirion". Flora Orientalis: sive, Enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. 5. Geneva: H. Georg. pp. 190–191.


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