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Convallarioideae

(Subfamily)

Overview

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Taxonomy

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The Subfamily Convallarioideae is a member of the Family Asparagaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Convallarioideae:

The Subfamily Convallarioideae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Aspidistra

Aspidistra () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae, native to Asia, common worldwide as house plants. [more]

Convallaria

Convallaria majalis (), commonly known as the Lily of the Valley, is a poisonous woodland flowering plant native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. [more]

Gonioscypha

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Maianthemum

Maianthemum (including former Smilacina) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Ruscaceae, native to North America, Central America, northern Europe, northern and eastern Asia, and the Himalaya. The name derives from Latin for "May flower". [more]

Polygonatum

Polygonatum (), King Solomon's-seal or Solomon's Seal, is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It has also been classified in the former family Convallariaceae and, like many lilioid monocots, was formerly classified in the lily family Liliaceae. [more]

Reineckea

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, evergreen. Rhizome prostrate on ground, laxly many noded. Leaves tufted at rhizome tip, inconspicuously petiolate, gradually narrowed toward base. Scape arising from a leaf axil, erect, shorter than leaves, naked. Inflorescence a terminal spike, few to many flowered; bracts brownish or purplish, membranous. Flowers bisexual, sessile. Perianth segments proximally connate to form a tube, distally free. Stamens 6, inserted in throat of perianth tube; filaments filiform, proximally adnate to perianth tube; anthers dorsifixed. Ovary 3-loculed; ovules 2 per locule. Style columnar, slender; stigma capitate to 3-lobed. Fruit a berry, globose, several seeded.[1] [more]

Rohdea

Rohdea japonica, the sole species in the genus Rohdea, is a flowering plant in the family Ruscaceae, native to eastern Asia from southwestern China to Japan. Common names include Nippon Lily, Sacred Lily, and Japanese Sacred Lily; synonyms include Orontium japonicum, Rohdea esquirolii, and Rohdea sinensis. [more]

Smilacina

Maianthemum (Latin "May" and Greek ?nthemon "flower"; including former Smilacina) is a genus of about 30 species of rhizomatous herbaceous plants native to the understory of woodlands in North and Central America, northern Europe, northern and eastern Asia, and the Himalayas. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). [more]

Speirantha

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, with several sheaths surrounding leaf bases. Rhizome subascending, thick, with creeping, long, slender stolons. Leaves several, basal, slightly tufted, petiolate, gradually narrowed to base, many veined. Scape axillary, suberect, naked. Inflorescence a terminal raceme; bracts submembranous. Flowers bisexual; pedicel articulate apically. Tepals 6, free. Stamens 6, inserted at base of tepals; filaments filiform; anthers versatile. Ovary ovoid-globose, 3-loculed; ovules 3 or 4 per locule. Style slender; stigma small. Fruit a berry.[2] [more]

Theropogon

Herbs perennial, shortly rhizomatous, with several membranous sheaths surrounding leaf bases. Roots thick, densely hairy. Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike. Scape erect, angled and narrowly winged. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, many flowered; bracts 2 at base of each pedicel. Flowers solitary or rarely paired; pedicel usually curved, articulate apically. Tepals 6, free. Stamens 6, inserted at base of tepals; filaments flattened, membranous, slightly connate basally; anthers basifixed. Ovary ovoid, 3-loculed; ovules 6--10 per locule. Style slender, elongate; stigma small. Fruit a berry. Seeds several, subglobose, thinly coated.[3] [more]

Tupistra

Herbs perennial, rhizomatous, monopodial. Rhizome usually ascending, rarely creeping, thick, stout, sometimes slightly woody. Stem very short. Leaves basal, alternate fasciculate or distichous equitant, distinctly petiolate or not; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate to ovate. Scape axillary. Inflorescence a terminal spike, 2- to many flowered, without sterile bracts apically; bracts deltoid to ovate, usually shorter than flowers. Perianth segments 6 or 8, connate for 1/2--2/3 their length into a tube, fleshy; lobes spreading. Stamens 6 or 8; filaments nearly wholly adnate to perianth tube; anthers positioned lower than stigma, dorsifixed. Ovary 3- or 4-loculed; ovules 2 per locule. Style 1, cylindric, 4--12 mm; stigma peltate to mushroom-shaped, 2--7 mm in diam., fleshy. Fruit a berry, 1-seeded.[4] [more]

At least 39 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Tupistra.

More info about the Genus Tupistra may be found here.

Footnotes

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  1. Liang Song-jun, Minoru N. Tamura "Reineckea". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 235. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  2. Liang Song-jun, Minoru N. Tamura "Speirantha". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 234. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  3. Liang Song-jun, Minoru N. Tamura "Theropogon". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 234. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  4. Liang Song-jun, Minoru N. Tamura "Tupistra". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 239. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:05:48