Notholirion

Notholirion is a small Asian genus of bulbous plants in the lily family, Liliaceae.[3] It is closely related to Lilium, but each individual flowers only once, and then dies after producing offsets. The bulb is covered by a tunic. Leaves are basal, produced in autumn and winter.[4][5]

Notholirion
Notholirion macrophyllum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Tribe:	Lilieae
Genus:	Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss.
Type species
Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf[2]

Taxonomy

Baker (1874)[6] considered Notholirion to be a subgenus of Fritillaria, but Boissier (1884)[5] separated it as a distinct genus. The evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships between the genera currently included in Liliaceae are shown in the following Cladogram:

Cladogram: Phylogeny and biogeography of the genera of the Liliaceae

Liliaceae   West NA   Tricyrtis     Streptopoideae   Streptopus       Prosartes     Scoliopus               West NA Calochortus   Lilioideae* East NA EA Medeoleae East NA   Clintonia     Medeola     Lilieae s.l. EA Tulipeae East Asia     Tulipa       Amana     Erythronium           Gagea (Lloydia)       Lilieae s.s. Himalayas   Notholirion       Cardiocrinum       Lilium (Nomocharis)     Fritillaria

Phylogenetic tree reflecting relationships based on molecular phylogenetic evidence. *=Liliaceae sensu Tamura; EA=Eurasia NA=North America

Species

List of species:[7][8][4]

• Notholirion bulbiferum (Lingelsh.) Stearn - Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
• Notholirion koeiei Rech.f. - Iran + Iraq
• Notholirion macrophyllum (D.Don) Boiss. -
• Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf - Afghanistan, Himalayas of northern Pakistan + northern India

References

1. 1878 illustration. Source: Curtis's Botanical Magazine vol. 104, lithograph by J. Nugent Fitch
2. lectotype designated by Wilson, Lilies E. Asia 100 (1925).
3. "Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
4. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 133 假百合属 jia bai he shu Notholirion Wallich ex Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 190. 1882.
5. Boissier 1884.
6. Baker 1874.
7. The Plant List
8. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Bibliography

• Baker, J. G. (1874). "Revision of the Genera and Species of Tulipeae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. xiv (76). Fritillaria pp. 251–275. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1874.tb00314.x.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Boissier, Pierre Edmond (1884). "Notholirion". Flora Orientalis: sive, Enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. 5. Geneva: H. Georg. pp. 190–191.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)