Taxonomy of Liliaceae
The taxonomy of Liliaceae has had a complex history since the first description of this flowering plant family in the mid-eighteenth century. Originally, the Liliaceae or Lily family were defined as having a "calix" (perianth) of six equal-coloured parts, six stamens, a single style, and a superior, three-chambered (trilocular) ovary turning into a capsule fruit at maturity. The taxonomic circumscription of the family Liliaceae progressively expanded until it became the largest plant family and also extremely diverse, being somewhat arbitrarily defined as all species of plants with six tepals and a superior ovary. It eventually came to encompass about 300 genera and 4,500 species, and was thus a "catch-all" and hence paraphyletic taxon. Only since the more modern taxonomic systems develope
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Taxonomy of Liliaceae
The taxonomy of Liliaceae has had a complex history since the first description of this flowering plant family in the mid-eighteenth century. Originally, the Liliaceae or Lily family were defined as having a "calix" (perianth) of six equal-coloured parts, six stamens, a single style, and a superior, three-chambered (trilocular) ovary turning into a capsule fruit at maturity. The taxonomic circumscription of the family Liliaceae progressively expanded until it became the largest plant family and also extremely diverse, being somewhat arbitrarily defined as all species of plants with six tepals and a superior ovary. It eventually came to encompass about 300 genera and 4,500 species, and was thus a "catch-all" and hence paraphyletic taxon. Only since the more modern taxonomic systems develope
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The taxonomy of Liliaceae has ...... roximately 600 species in all.
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*=Liliaceae sensu Tamura; EA=Eurasia NA=North America
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Biogeographical origins and dates in mya
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Phylogenetic tree reflecting relationships based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.
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diversity
About 600 species
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Late Cretaceous - Recent
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Lilium candidum
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Taxonomy of Liliaceae
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* subfamily: Lilioideae
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* subfamily: Streptopoideae
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Subfamilies and tribes
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Liliaceae
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Cladogram I: Phylogeny of Liliaceae and related families
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Cladogram II: Evolution of Liliaceae
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Cladogram III: Phylogeny and biogeography of the genera of the Liliaceae
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List of disposition of genera previously included in Liliaceae
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Monocots: Systematics and evolution
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Lilium
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Lilium candidum
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The taxonomy of Liliaceae has ...... ern taxonomic systems develope
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Taxonomy of Liliaceae
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