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Amaryllidaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Amaryllidaceae is the name of a family of flowering plants The plants are herbaceous perennials A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN and if the plant is a Cultigen, the The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group The plants are herbaceous perennials that grow from bulbs, often with showy flowers. A herbaceous plant (or in botanical use a Herb) is a Plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than A bulb is an underground vertical Shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases that are used as Food Storage organs by It consists of about sixty genera (see list of genera), with over eight hundred species. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Amaryllidaceae is the name of a family of flowering plants The plants are herbaceous perennials In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Several genera are commonly grown in gardens, including:
- Amaryllis, the Belladonna Lily or Naked Lady
- Caliphruria, Amazon lily
- Clivia, the Kaffir lily
- Crinum, Swamp Lily
- Eucharis, Amazon Lily
- Galanthus, Snowdrop
- Habranthus, Rain lily
- Hippeastrum, commonly sold as Amaryllis or Christmas Amaryllis. Amaryllis is a monotypic (only one species Genus of plant also known as the Belladonna Lily or naked ladies. Clivia is a Genus of Monocot Flowering plants native to southern Africa. Crinum is a Genus of about 180 species of Lily -like Perennial plants that have large showy Flowers on leafless stems and Eucharis is a genus of about 15-20 species of Monocotyledonous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Central America and South The common snowdrop ( Galanthus nivalis) is the best-known representative of a small Genus of about 20 species in the family Amaryllidaceae that Habranthus is a genus of tender herbaceous flowering bulbs in the Amaryllidaceae. Hippeastrum is a Genus of about 70&ndash75 species and 600+ hybrids and cultivars of Bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to tropical
- Hymenocallis, Peruvian Daffodil, Spider Lily
- Leucojum, Snowflake
- Lycoris, Spider Lily or Hurricane Flower
- Narcissus, Daffodil, Jonquil, and Narcissus
- Pancratium, Sea Daffodil
- Sprekelia, Jacobean lily
- Sternbergia, Winter daffodil
- Zephyranthes, Rain lily, Zephyr lily
Amaryllidaceae has been recognized, with varying circumscriptions, by most classification systems of the 20th Century, although the Cronquist system included it within a very broadly defined Liliaceae. Hymenocallis is a Genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. Spring Snowflake ( Leucojum vernum) and Summer Snowflake or Loddon Lily ( Leucojum aestivum) are bulbous plants belonging to the Lycoris is a Genus of 13–20 species of Flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, formerly often treated in the family Liliaceae Pancratium is a genus of about 18 species Flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, which also including the genera Narcissus Sprekelia is a Genus of about 1-2 of Bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, or Alliaceae. Sternbergia is a genus in Amaryllidaceae of around 10 species that show a broad distribution throughout Mediterranean Europe and Asia and was first described Zephyranthes is a Genus of about 70 species in the Amaryllis family A system of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants (or Angiosperms) The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of Monocotyledons in the order Liliales. The two families have traditionally been separated by including species with inferior ovaries in Amaryllidaceae and those with superior ovaries in Liliaceae. The APG II system (2003) includes Amaryllidaceae in Alliaceae but allows for its optional recognition, in the order Asparagales, in the monocots clade. Alliaceae is a family of herbaceous perennial Flowering plants. Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly Monocotyledons or monocots are one of two major groups of Flowering plants (angiosperms that are traditionally recognised the other being Dicotyledons The APG system, of 1998, accepted this as a separate family.
Fay and Chase (1996) include Agapanthus in Amaryllidaceae (as subfamily Agapanthoideae) but the APG II system includes Agapanthus in Alliaceae, with optional recognition in its own family as Agapanthaceae. Agapanthus (" Lily of the Nile " is a genus of flower plants with six to ten species depending on how the different species are classified Agapanthaceae is the Botanical name of a family of Flowering plants. Agapanthus differs from other Amaryllidaceae in having superior ovaries.
References
- Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase. 1996. Resurrection of Themidaceae for the Brodiaea alliance, and Recircumscription of Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Agapanthoideae. Taxon 45: 441-451 (abstract)
External links
- Amaryllidaceae in Topwalks
- Amaryllidaceae in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 7, May 2006.
- Amaryllidaceae in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
- International Bulb Society
- Family Amaryllidaceae - Flowers in Israel