Melanthiaceae
| Melanthiaceae | |
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| Schoenocaulon officinale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae Batsch ex Borkh.[1] |
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Melanthiaceae, also called the bunchflower family,monocots. Circumscribed in this way, the family includes up to 17 genera.
Familiar members of the family include the genera Paris and Trillium.
Genera and species
As of August 2013[update], the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 17 genera in the family.[5] They have been divided into five tribes. It has a total of ca 173 known species.[6] Generic assignments within the tribe Melanthieae in particular have been changed radically as a result of molecular phylogenetic studies in the 21st century.[4] Some taxonomists have combined the three genera of Heloniadae into one genus (Helonias).[7]
- Heloniadeae
- Helonias L.
- Heloniopsis A.Gray
- Ypsilandra Franch.
- Chionographideae
- Chamaelirium Willd.
- Chionographis Maxim.
- Amianthium A.Gray
- Anticlea Kunth
- Melanthium J.Clayton ex L.
- Schoenocaulon A.Gray
- Stenanthium (A.Gray) Kunth
- Toxicoscordion Rydb.
- Veratrum L.
- Zigadenus Michx.
- Xerophylleae
- Xerophyllum Michx.
- Paris L. (including Daiswa and Kinugasa)
- Pseudotrillium S.B.Farmer
- Trillium L. (including Trillidium)
References
- hdl:10654/18083.
- ^ "Family: Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family): Go Botany".
- ^ "Melanthiaceae: Bunchflower Family. Identify plants and flowers".
- ^ PMID 21669700.
- ^ Search for "Melanthiaceae", "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
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- ^ Tanaka, N. (1998). "Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Studies on Helonias, Ypsilandra and Heloniopsis III. Taxonomic Revision". Journal of Japanese Botany. 73 (2): 102–115. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
External links
Media related to Melanthiaceae at Wikimedia Commons- Melanthiaceae Archived 2020-04-26 at the Wayback Machine [in a very wide sense], Trilliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- links and more links at CSDL, Texas
