Nomocharis

Nomocharis is a genus of the family Liliaceae. It consists of about 7 species native to montane regions of western China, Myanmar, and northern India.[2] They are similar to Lilium, with one of the more obvious differences being the flowers being more shallow or sometimes flat.[3]

Nomocharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: Nomocharis
Franch.[1]
Type species
Nomocharis pardanthina

Taxonomy

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, as of January 2014, considers Nomocharis a separate genus in its own right,[1] however some authorities consider Nomocharis to be embedded within Lilium, rather than treat it as a separate genus.[2][4]

Species

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 10 species as of January 2014:[1]

  • Nomocharis aperta (Franch.) W.W.Sm. & W.E.Evans
  • Nomocharis basilissa Farrer ex W.E.Evans
  • Nomocharis farreri (W.E.Evans) Cox
  • Nomocharis georgei W.E.Evans
  • Nomocharis gongshanensis Y.D.Gao & X.J.He
  • Nomocharis meleagrina Franch.
  • Nomocharis oxypetala (D.Don) E.H.Wilson
  • Nomocharis pardanthina Franch.
  • Nomocharis saluenensis Balf.f.
  • Nomocharis synaptica Sealy

References
  1. WCLSPF 2014.
  2. Gao et al 2011.
  3. James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey (11 August 2011). The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass. Cambridge University Press. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-521-76147-5.
  4. Rønsted et al 2005.

Bibliography
  • Gao, Yun-Dong; Hohenegger, Markus; Harris, AJ; Zhou, Song-Dong; He, Xing-Jin; Wan, Juan (2012). "A new species in the genus Nomocharis Franchet (Liliaceae): evidence that brings the genus Nomocharis into Lilium". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298 (1): 69–85. doi:10.1007/s00606-011-0524-1. ISSN 0378-2697.
  • Rønsted, N.; Law, S.; Thornton, H.; Fay, M. F.; Chase, M. W. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classification of Fritillaria". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (3): 509–527. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.023. PMID 15878122.
  • "Nomocharis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 14 September 2014


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