Nothoscordum

Nothoscordum
Nothoscordum striatum[1]
Nothoscordum gracile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Gilliesieae
Genus: Nothoscordum
Kunth (1843), nom. cons.
Synonyms[2]
  • Beauverdia Herter (1943)
  • Hesperocles Salisb. (1855)
  • Oligosma Salisb. (1866)
  • Pseudoscordum Herb. (1837)

Nothoscordum is a genus of New World plants in the onion tribe within the Amaryllis family.[3] It is probably paraphyletic.[4] The genus is native to North, Central and South America, though a few species have become naturalized in various parts of the Old World.[5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ Nothoscordum striatum, by the 18th century author Nicolao Josepho Jacquin
  2. ^ Nothoscordum Kunth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. ^ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Allioideae
  4. ^ Michael F. Fay, Paula J. Rudall, and Mark W. Chase. 2006. "Molecular studies of subfamily Gilliesioideae (Alliaceae)". Aliso 22(Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution):367-371. ISSN 0065-6275.
  5. ^ WCSP (2011), World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-25, search for "Nothoscordum"
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  7. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana
  8. ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
  9. ^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro