A Synopsis of Melanthiaceae (Liliales) with Focus on Character Evolution in Tribe Melanthieae

Melanthiaceae s.l. comprises five tribes: Chionographideae, Heloniadeae, Melanthieae, Parideae, and Xerophylleae—each defined by distinctive autapomorphies. The most morphologically diverse tribe Melanthieae, now with seven genera, had not been subject to rigorous phylogenetic character study prior to the current series of investigations that also include an overview of the family. Data from our publications and studies underway are here assessed and integrated, providing a useful overview of Melanthiaceae, and especially of Melanthieae. The results of parsimony analyses of ITS (nuclear ribosomal) and trnL-F (plastid) DNA sequence data correlate with potentially synapomorphic phenotypic characters for genera of Melanthieae, including habit form, rootstock type, bulb shape, inflorescence structure, indumentum type, tepa! shape, nectary morphology, and ovary position. Sequence data also correlate well with the pattern of variation in chromosome number. The molecular and morphological data support generic recircumscription in Melanthieae and also validate several generalizations concerning character evolution within the tribe, as well as among the tribes of the family

Northernmost Limit of Rhizophora mangle (Red

ABSTRACT The northernmost record of Rhizophora mangle (red mangrove), recently vouchered from Fort Matanzas National Monument in St. Johns County, Florida, is discussed in reference to the ecology, morphology, and preservation of the species

DOCUMENTED CHROMOSOME NUMBERS 2003:1. CHROMOSOME NUMBER OF TOXICOSCORDION NUTTALLII (LILIALES: MELANTHIACEAE) AND CLARIFICATION OF THE GENUS

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Resurrection of segregates of the polyphyletic genus Zigadenus s.l. (Liliales: Melanthiaceae) and resulting new combinations

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Documentation of the Chromosome Number for the California Endemic, Toxicoscordion exaltatum (Liliales: Melanthiaceae)

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DOCUMENTED CHROMOSOME NUMBERS 2002:1. CHROMOSOME NUMBER OF STENANTHIUM (LILIALES: MELANTHIACEAE) AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE TAXONOMY OF TRIBE MELANTHIEAE

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WILBUR HOWARD DUNCAN 1910-2005

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A RECOMBINATION FOR VARIETIES OF ANTICLEA ELEGANS (MELANTHIACEAE)

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