Scilloideae

Ornithogalum arabicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Scilloideae
Tribus: Hyacintheae – Ornithogaleae – Oziroeeae – Urgineeae
Genera: Albuca – Alrawia – Austronea – Barnardia – Bellevalia – Bowiea – Brimeura – Daubenya – Desertia – Dipcadi – Drimia – Drimiopsis – Eucomis – Fessia – Fusifilum – Galtonia – Hyacinthella – Hyacinthoides – Hyacinthus – Lachenalia – Ledebouria – Leopoldia – Massonia – Merwilla – Muscari – Namophila – Ornithogalum – Oziroe – Prospero – Pseudogaltonia – Pseudomuscari – Pseudoprospero – Puschkinia – Resnova – Rhodocodon – Schizobasis – Schizocarphus – Scilla – Spetaea – Veltheimia

Name

• Scilloideae Burnett, Outl. Bot.: 428 (1835).
  • Type genus: Scilla  L., Sp. Pl. 1: 308 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Eucomidaceae Salisb., Gen. Pl. 16 (1866).
    • Type genus: Eucomis L’Hér., nom. cons.
  • Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkh., Bot. Wörterb. 1: 315 (1797).
    • Type genus: Hyacinthus L.
  • Lachenaliaceae Salisb., Gen. Pl. 20 (1866).
    • Type genus: Lachenalia Jacq.
  • Ornithogalaceae Salisb., Gen. Pl. 33 (1866).
    • Type genus: Ornithogalum L.
  • Scillaceae Vest, Anleit. Stud. Bot. 267, 284 (1818).
    • Type genus: Scilla L.
  • Hyacinthinoideae Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 51 (1998).
    • Type genus: Hyacinthus L.
  • Ornithogaloideae Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 51 (1998).
    • Type genus: Ornithogalum L.
  • Oziroëoideae Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 51 (1998).
    • Type genus: Oziroe Raf.
  • Urgineoideae Speta, Phyton (Horn) 38: 51 (1998).
    • Type genus: Urginea Steinh.
      

Note: There are now very different approaches to the circumscription of this subfamily - see Manning et al. c.f. Martínez-Azorín et al. and Discussion Page.

References

Primary references

• Burnett, G.T. 1835. Outlines of Botany, including a general history of the vegetable kingdom. Vol. 1–2. London: John Churchill: 1190 pp. Internet Archive Reference page. 

Additional references

• Knirsch, W., Martínez-Azorín, M., Pfosser, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. The reinstatement and rediagnosis of the Madagascan genus Rhodocodon (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae), with validation and remarks on H. Perrier’s taxa. Phytotaxa 195(2): 101–134. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.195.2.1 Reference page.  as Drimia here.
• Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. & Fay, M.F. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 60(3): 533–568. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428603000404 Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Fay, M.F. & Goldblatt, P. 2009. A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four plastid DNA regions. Taxon 58(1): 77–107. DOI: 10.1002/tax.581011 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C. 2017. Nomenclatural adjustments in African plants 3. Bothalia 47(1): 1–2. DOI: 10.4102/ABC.V47I1.2252 Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C. 2019. The genus Massonia Thunb. ex Houtt. (Hyacinthaceae: Scilloideae) in the Core Cape Floristic Region. South African Journal of Botany 121: 329–354. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.11.015 Reference page. 
• Manning, J.C. 2019. New synonyms and combinations in Drimia Jacq. (Hyacinthaceae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 49(1, a2412): 1–5. DOI: 10.4102/abc.v49i1.2412 PDF Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Juan, A. & Fay, M.F. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on nuclear and plastid DNA regions, including a new taxonomic arrangement. Annals of Botany 107(1): 1–37. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq207 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M. & Crespo, M.B. 2014. Validation of several names in Hyacinthaceae. Taxon 63(6): 1327–1334. DOI: 10.12705/636.21 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Dold, A.P., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2015. New combinations and lectotype designations in Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae. Phytotaxa 201(2): 165–171. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.201.2.7 Abstract Reference page. 
• Martínez-Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Alonso Vargas, M.Á., Dold, A.P., Crouch, N.R., Pfosser, M., Mucina, L., Pinter, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2019. New combinations in the tribe Urgineeae (Asparagaceae subfam. Scilloideae) with comments on contrasting taxonomic treatments. Phytotaxa 397(4): 291–299. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.397.4.3 PDF Reference page. 
• Martínez‐Azorín, M., Crespo, M.B., Alonso‐Vargas, M.Á., Pinter, M., Crouch, N.R., Dold, A.P., Mucina, L., Pfosser, M. & Wetschnig, W. 2023. Molecular phylogenetics of subfamily Urgineoideae (Hyacinthaceae): Toward a coherent generic circumscription informed by molecular, morphological, and distributional data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61(1): 42-63. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12905 Reference page. 
• Speta, F. 1998. Systematische Analyse der Gattung Scilla L. s.l. (Hyacinthaceae). Phyton (Horn) 38(1): 1–141. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Scilloideae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Mar. 2014.
• Lohmueller F.A. 2005. The Botanical System of the Plants[1]
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Scilloideae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2014-04-01.
• Hyacinthoideae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

العربية: إشقيلاوات
magyar: Csillagvirágformák
日本語: ツルボ亜科
한국어: 무릇아과
русский: Пролесковые

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