Colchicaceae
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| Colchicum autumnale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Colchicaceae DC.[1]
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Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016.[2]
Description
The family is characterized by the presence of colchicine.[3]
Taxonomy
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Genera
The phylogenetic classification of Vinnersten & Manning circumscribes the family as follows:[4]
- tribe Burchardieae
- Burchardia R.Br.
- tribe Uvularieae
- tribe Tripladenieae
- Kuntheria Conran & Clifford
- Schelhammera R.Br.
- Tripladenia D.Don
- tribe Iphigenieae
- Camptorrhiza E.Phillips
- Iphigenia Kunth
- tribe Anguillarieae
- tribe Colchiceae
- Colchicum L. (including Androcymbium Willd., Bulbocodium L. and Merendera Ramond)
- Gloriosa L. (including Littonia Hook.)
- Hexacyrtis Dinter
- Ornithoglossum Salisb.
- Sandersonia Hook.
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The genus Petermannia F.Muell. is excluded from this family and placed in its own family Petermanniaceae, Liliales. The former controversy regarding the inclusion of
Subsequently, Nguyen et al.(2013) proposed reclassifying the family on the basis of subfamilies:[8]
- Subfamily Uvularioideae (distribution: Eastern Asia and North America)
- Tribe Uvularieae (Disporum, Uvularia)
- Subfamily Wurmbeoideae (distribution: Australia, Africa, Europe, central and tropical Asia)
- Tribe Burchardieae (Burchardia)
- Tribe Tripladenieae (Tripladenia, Schelhammera, Kuntheria)
- Tribe Iphigenieae (Iphigenia, Camptorrhiza)
- Tribe Angullarieae (Wurmbea, Onixotis, Neodregea, Baeometra)
- Tribe Colchiceae (Gloriosa (including Littonia), Colchicum (including Merendera, Bulbocodium, and probably Androcymbium), Hexacyrtis, Ornithoglossum, Sandersonia
References
- ^ hdl:10654/18083. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
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- ^ Vinnersten & Larsson 2010.
- ^ Vinnersten & Manning 2007.
- JSTOR 25065868.
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- ^ Nguyen et al 2013.
Bibliography
- Nguyen, Thi P. A.; Kim, Jung Sung; Kim, Joo-Hwan (July 2013). "Molecular phylogenetic relationships and implications for the circumscription of Colchicaceae (Liliales)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (3): 255–269. .
- Vinnersten, A.; Reeves, G. (1 October 2003). "Phylogenetic relationships within Colchicaceae". American Journal of Botany. 90 (10): 1455–1462. PMID 21659097.
- Vinnersten, Annika; Manning, John (2007). "A New Classification of Colchicaceae". JSTOR 25065748.
- Vinnersten, Annika; Larsson, Sonny (December 2010). "Colchicine is still a chemical marker for the expanded Colchicaceae". .
External links
Media related to Colchicaceae at Wikimedia Commons- Colchicaceae, Uvulariaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: Archived version, 9 March 2006
- images at PlantSystematics.org[permanent dead link]
- links at CSDL, Texas Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
