Ipheion

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Ipheion
Ipheion uniflorum1.jpg
Ipheion uniflorum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Allioideae
Tribe: Gilliesieae
Genus: Ipheion
Raf. [1]
Type species
Ipheion uniflorum
(Graham) Raf.
Species

3; see text

The flowering plant genus Ipheion (starflower, spring starflower) belongs to Allioideae, a subfamily of the family Amaryllidaceae. [2] It includes three species native to southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay. [3]

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Description

They are small bulbous perennials with narrow grass-like leaves and honey-scented star-shaped flowers in spring, usually in shades of white or pale blue. [4] The genus occurs naturally in Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, although Ipheion uniflorum has naturalized elsewhere.

Taxonomy

History

The genus was originally described in 1836 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, based on Ipheion uniflorum, separating it from Milla uniflora Graham (now Tristagma ). [1] The original description was unifloral inflorescences with white flowers, spathe formed by one bifid bract, staminal filaments independently fused to the perigonial tube and the fruit being a clavate trilocular capsule.

Ipheion uniflorum, by John Lindley 1837 (as Triteleia uniflorum) Tristagma uniflorum Lindley1837.jpg
Ipheion uniflorum, by John Lindley 1837 (as Triteleia uniflorum)

The name then disappeared for more than a century and at various times the species have been included under other related genera ( Milla , Tristagma, Brodiaea (including Hookera ), Leucocoryne , Nothoscordum , Triteleia and Beauverdia ). Several of these genera are now in a completely different but related family (Themidaceae). The closest of these genera to Ipheion is actually Tristagma. For instance in 1837, at the same time as Rafinesque's description, Ipheion uniflorum was described by John Lindley in the Botanical Register as Triteleia uniflora Lindl. (see illustration)

In 1908, Beauverd placed Ipheion uniflorum in a new section of Nothoscordum, Nothoscordum section uniflora Beauv. as Nothoscordum uniflorum Baker (without attributing Rafinesque), along with four other species. [5] However the name Ipheion did not appear again until 1943. In that year Herter elevated Nothoscordum section uniflora to the rank of genus, as Beauverdia. [6] Later that same year Stearn pointed out that the name Ipheion had precedence and described the genus with nine species under that name. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

There has been constant uncertainty as to the limits of the genus. [9] At one stage it included 23 species in two sections, [12] at other times it was completely absorbed into other genera such as Tristagma. Those species with yellow flowers were returned to Nothoscordum. In 1972 Guaglianone separated it again from Tristagma and divided it into two sections, Hirtellum and Ipheion. At that time it consisted of eight species in Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil and central Chile.

Familial circumscription

Lindley included Ipheion (as Triteleia) under the family Liliaceae, a pattern that remained until 1926, when Hutchinson moved parts of that family to Amaryllidaceae, as tribe Gilesieae, [13] an arrangement that has largely persisted since.

Phylogenetics

In 1996, a molecular phylogenetic study of the rbcL gene [14] created the Gilliesioideae, as one of three subfamilies within Alliaceae. As phylogenetically constructed, Gilliesioideae (Gilliesioideae (Lindl.) Am., Botany: 134. 1832 - Gilliesieae Lindl. in Bot. Reg.: ad t. 992. 1826.) consisted of those New World Alliaceae not included in the other two subfamilies, which included both the former Gilliesieae together with Ipheion, Leucocoryne, Nothoscordum, and Tristagma. This is the circumscription which the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) accepted in the APG classification of 1998 and which later became known as Alliaceae sensu stricto (s.s.). [15]

This construction of Gilliesioideae, implicitly recognised that it was composed of two groups or tribes, informally referred to as Ipheieae and Gilliesieae. The Ipheieae were actinomorphic, and included Ipheion, Nothoscordum, Leucocorynes.l. (including Pabellonia and Stemmatium). [16] Further phylogenetic analysis revealed that Ipheion was not monophyletic but rather biphyletic with some species clustering with Tristagma, and others with Nothoscordum (Fay 2006) although the division into sections was later supported. [9] Research published in 2010 suggests that although related to genera such as Tristagma and Nothoscordum , it is a distinct genus of 3 species. [17] However, other sources do not recognize the genus, placing all the Ipheion species in Tristagma. [18]

Ipheion section Hirtellum was raised to genus rank in 2014 under the older name of Beauverdia , with four species found in Argentina, southern Brazil, and Uruguay. This corresponds to Group 3 of Sassone et al. 2013. [9] This leaves Ipheion section Ipheion representing the genus, but further work is required. [19] This cluster (Group 2 in the cladistic analysis of Sassone et al. 2013) which clusters with Tristagma may either be an independent genus, or a section of the latter genus. These are the three species listed here. [19]

Species

Three species are accepted. [3]

Species formerly placed in this genus

Other species formerly placed in Ipheion have been transferred to Nothoscordum or Tristagma: [18]

Uses

Ipheion uniflorum is widely used as an ornamental garden plant in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Europe.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rafinesque 1836, Part Two, Cent. I, p. 12. 10 Ipheion R..
  2. ↑ Chase et al. 2009.
  3. 1 2 Ipheion Raf. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  4. ↑ RHS 2008.
  5. ↑ Beauverd 1908.
  6. ↑ Herter 1943.
  7. ↑ Stearn 1943a.
  8. ↑ Stearn 1943b.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Sassone 2014.
  10. ↑ Vigneron 2015.
  11. ↑ Howard 2001, Ipheion Rafinesque 1836 pp. 29–31.
  12. ↑ Traub & Moldenke 1955.
  13. ↑ Hutchinson 1926.
  14. ↑ Fay & Chase 1996.
  15. ↑ APG 1998.
  16. ↑ Fay, Rudall & Chase 2006.
  17. ↑ Souza et al. 2010.
  18. 1 2 WCSPF 2015.
  19. 1 2 Sassone 2013.

Bibliography

General

  • Howard, Thad M. (2001). Bulbs: From Warm Climates. Austin: University of Texas. ISBN   978-0292731264 . Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  • RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   978-1405332965.
  • Kamenetsky, Rina & Okubo, Hiroshi, eds. (2012). Ornamental Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable Production. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4398-4924-8.

Systematics

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