Liliaceae

Liliaceae Juss., Gen. Pl. 48. 1789. nom. cons. 'Lily Family'

Salient Features

Members are herbaceous perennials with underground bulbs.
Leaves alternate or whorled, simple, parallel veined.
Flowers trimerous, without spathaceous subtending bracts.
Perianth of six petaloid telaps. Stamens six, free.
Gynoecium of three united carpels, ovary superior, trilocular with axile ovules.
Fruit a capsule.

Diversity:

World- 18 genera, 746 species (The Plant List 2013); 15 genera, 705 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 15 genera, 550 species (Mabberley 2017); 15 genera, 736 species (Roskov et al. 2021)
India - 45 genera, 214 species (Karthikeyan 2000) [Different Circumscription]; 8 genera, 40 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 45 genera, 182 species (Singh et al. 2019) [Different circumscription]
Uttarakhand - 30 genera, 72 species (Uniyal et al. 2007) [Different Circumscription]

General Characters:

Liliaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Liliaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Liliaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Liliaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Lilianae, Order- Liliales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Monocotyledons
Series : Coronarieae

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision : Angiospermae
Class : Monocotyledoneae
Order : Liliflorae
Suborder : Liliineae

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Monocotyledones
Division : Corolliferae
Order : Liliales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Liliidae
Order : Liliales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Liliidae
Super Order: Lilianae
Order : Liliales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Subclass : Liliidae
Super Order : Lilianae
Order : Liliales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Lilianae
Order : Liliales
Suborder : Liliineae

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Monocots
Order : Liliales

Shipunov (2020)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Liliidae
Order : Liliales
Suborder : Liliineae

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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