Biology:Gagea
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the lily family Liliaceae
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| Gagea lutea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Gagea Salisb. |
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Gagea is a large genus of spring flowers in the lily family.[2] It is found primarily in Eurasia with a few species extending into North Africa and one species (Gagea serotina) in North America.[1][3][4][5][6][7]
The genus is named after the England naturalist Sir Thomas Gage (1791-1820). They were originally described as species of Ornithogalum, which, together with the usual yellow colour of the flowers, explains the English name yellow star-of-Bethlehem for the common European species, Gagea lutea.[8][1]
Species
(As of January 2014), the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognizes over 200 species, including those previously assigned to Lloydia.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Lloydia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=280365.
- ↑ Salisbury, Richard Anthony. 1806" Annals of Botany 2: 555
- ↑ Zarrei, M.; Zarre, S.; Wilkin, P.; Rix, M. (2007). "Systematic revision of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in Iran". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154 (4): 559–588. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00678.x.
- ↑ Tison, J.M. (2009). An update of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae) in the Iberian peninsula. Lagascalia 29: 7-22
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Gagea
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 117 顶冰花属 ding bing hua shu Gagea Salisbury, Ann. Bot. (Oxford). 2: 555. 1806.
- ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 121 洼瓣花属 wa ban hua shu Lloydia Reichenbach, Fl. Germ. Excurs. 102. 1830.
- ↑ Tutin, T.G.; Heywood, V.H.; Burges, N.A. et al., eds (1980). Flora Europaea. 5. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-20108-7. p. 25.
- ↑ "Gagea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Gagea.
Bibliography
- Peterson, Angela; Levichev, Igor G.; Peterson, Jens (February 2008). "Systematics of Gagea and Lloydia (Liliaceae) and infrageneric classification of Gagea based on molecular and morphological data". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (2): 446–465. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.016. PMID 18180173.
- Tison, Jean-Marc; Peterson, Angela; Harpke, Dörte; Peruzzi, Lorenzo (28 November 2012). "Reticulate evolution of the critical Mediterranean Gagea sect. Didymobulbos (Liliaceae) and its taxonomic implications". Plant Systematics and Evolution 299 (2): 413–438. doi:10.1007/s00606-012-0731-4.
External links
- Pacific Bulb Society photos of several species
- Treknature, Photos of Gagea sp., a genus of the family Liliaceae photos of several species
Wikidata ☰ Q157564 entry
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