A Synopsis of Colchicaceæ and the Aberrant Tribes of Liliaceæ.
A Synopsis of Colchicaceæ and the Aberrant Tribes of Liliaceæ.
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秋水仙科和百合科异常部落的概要。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1095-8339.1879.tb01238.x
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发表时间:
1879
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
J. G. Baker
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作者:
J. G. Baker
Introduction.-The present paper is the sixth of a series in which I have attempted to monograph the genera and species of the great natural order Liliaces. AS has been explained in a previous paper, it is most naturally separated into three main divisions or suborders:-lst. Lilincece vere, marked by a loculicidal capsule, an undivided style, and introrse anthers; 2nd. Cobhicacece, marked by a septicidal capsule, a tripartite style, and extrorse anthers; and 3rd. Asparagacete, characterized by its baccate fruit. Outside these stand three aberrant tribes, Conanthereae, Liriopeae, and Gilliesies, which those who are inclined to multiply the number of natural orders might plausibly regard as distinct orders. In the rotatiou in which my papers have succeeded one another, I have followed working convenience, and not strict botanical sequence founded upon affinity. The present paper includes the whole of Colchicaceae and the genera and species of the three aberraut tribes just named, and, in addition, three small tribes of Liliacea Vera which are almost peculiar to Australia, and which I treat now so as to leave only two well-marked groups to be dealt with on a future occasion:-firs $ the suffruticose Liliacem (Yucca and DasyZirion with the Aloines); and, secondly, the tribe Allieae, which only includes Goyea and Nothoseordzcin in addition to its large type genus.The suborder Colchicaceae includes 39 genera and 153 species. Of the three suborders of Liliaces, it includes by far the greater number of genera which deviate from the subordinal characteris tics. In a large number of the genera the dehiseence of the anther is by no means definitely extrorse. In Uvulariese, the tribe of Colchicacese which includes the largest number of genera, the styles are more or less combined. In Anguillarieae, Helonies, Tofieldiere, and some of the genera of Uvularieoe the dehiscence of the capsule is loculicidal. Altogether 24 out of 39 genera deviate more or less from the ideal Colchicaceous type in the direction of Liliacese verae; so that it seems utterly hopeless to attempt to keep up Colchicaces or Melanthiaces as a distinct natural order, as has often beeu proposed. Out of the seven tribes here adopted, Colchicez~, Merenderes, and Veratres are the only three