Amaryllidaceae

Belladonna Lily ( Amaryllis belladonna )

The Amaryllis ( Amaryllidaceae ), also called narcissus plants, are a family that ( Asparagales ) belongs to the order of the asparagus -like within the monocots. The name of the eponymous genus Amaryllis is derived from the name of a shepherdess from the Eclogues of Virgil.

System

The molecular genetic studies in the last ten years have meant that the family boundaries within the order of asparagus -like ( Asparagales ) have dramatically shifted. The Amaryllidaceae J.St. - Hil family. was expanded with the taxa of the former families Agapanthaceae and Garlic Family ( Alliaceae ). The Amaryllidaceae family was first published under the name " Amaryllydeae " in 1805 by Jaume Saint- Hilaire in exposure of Familles Naturelles, 1, 134. However, it is another name for the family possible because. According to the rule of priority of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature ICBN the name Alliaceae Batsch ex Borkh would be preferable, which was published in 1797 in Botanical Dictionary, 1, 15 and Amaryllidaceae J.St. - Hil. until 1805, but there is the possibility for family name also to the rule departing.

Synonyms for Amaryllidaceae J.St. - Hil. are: Agapanthaceae F.Voigt, Alliaceae Batsch ex Borkh, Brunsvigiaceae Horan, Cyrtanthaceae Salisb, Galanthaceae G.Mey, Gethyllidaceae Raf, Haemanthaceae Salisb, Leucojaceae Batsch ex Borkh, Oporanthaceae Salisb, Pancratiaceae Horan, Strumariaceae. .. .. .. .. Salisb. , Zephyranthaceae Salisb ..

To the family Amaryllis S. L. today include three subfamilies with about 73 genera with about 1600 species:

  • Amaryllidoideae Burnett: With 14 tribes approximately 59 to 67 genera and about 800 species.
  • Agapanthoideae Endl. With the single genus: Agapanthus ( Agapanthus L' Hér. )

Swell

  • Mark W. Chase, James L. Reveal & Michael F. Fay: A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae in Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 161, Issue 2, 2009, pp. 132-136. ( Section systematics) viewed in January 2010
  • The Amaryllidaceae in APWebsite family. (English ) To edit the article last seen in January 2010
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