Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil.

First published in Expos. Fam. Nat. 1: 134. 1805 [Feb-Apr 1805] (1805)
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Ji, Z., Tsi, Z.-W. & Meerow, A. W. (2000). Amaryllidaceae. In: Z. Wu & P. H. Raven (eds), Flora of China 24: 322–381. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Meerow, A. W. & Snijman, D. A. (1998). Amaryllidaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 70–78. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Meerow, A. W. (1989). Systematics of the Amazon lilies, Eucharis and Caliphruria (Amaryllidaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 136–220.
  • Meerow, A. W. (1990). Amaryllidaceae. Flora of Ecuador 41. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg.
  • Rahn, K. & Rudall, P. (1998). Alliaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 70–78. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Smith, S. & Stansbie, J. (2003). Alliaceae. In: H. J. Beentje (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.

Neotropikey

  • Baker, J.G. (1888). Handbook of the Amaryllideae. George Bell and Sons, London.
  • Herbert, W. (1837). Amaryllidaceae. J. Ridgeway and Sons, London.
  • Meerow, A.W. and D.A. Snijman. (1998). Amaryllidaceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.),  The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 83-110. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Meerow, A.W., M.F. Fay, C.L. Guy, Q-B. Li, F.Q. Zaman, & M.W. Chase. (1999).  Systematics of Amaryllidaceae based on cladistic analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-F sequence data.  Amer. J. Bot. 86: 1325-45.
  • Meerow, AW., C.L. Guy, Q. Li, & S-L. Yang.  (2000). Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae based on nrDNA ITS sequences.  Syst. Bot. 25: 708-26.
  • Traub, H.P. (1963). Genera of the Amaryllidaceae. American Plant Life Society, La Jolla, CA.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 161 (2): 105–121.
  • Chase, M. W., Reveal, J. L. & Fay, M. F. (2009). A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families, Asparagaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 161: 132–136.
  • Wilkin, P. (2015a). Amaryllidaceae. In: T. M. A. Utteridge & G. Bramley (eds), The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook. 1st edition. pp. 34–35. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K001691451 No
Barker, A.J.D. [3328] Nigeria K001770257 Yes
Troupin [3016] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-42905.000 No
Alliaceae K:SPC-70000.261 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0