Nomocharis

Nomocharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae
Subfamily:	Lilioideae
Genus:	Nomocharis Franch.[1]

Nomocharis is a genus of the family Liliaceae. It consists of about 7 species native to montane regions of western China, Myanmar, and northern India.^[2] They are similar to Lilium, with one of the more obvious differences being the flowers being more shallow or sometimes flat.^[3]

Taxonomy

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, as of January 2014, considers Nomocharis a separate genus in its own right,^[1] however some authorities consider Nomocharis to be embedded within Lilium, rather than treat it as a separate genus.^[2][4]

Species

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 10 species as of January 2014:^[1]

• Nomocharis aperta (Franch.) W.W.Sm. & W.E.Evans
• Nomocharis basilissa Farrer ex W.E.Evans
• Nomocharis farreri (W.E.Evans) Cox
• Nomocharis georgei W.E.Evans
• Nomocharis gongshanensis Y.D.Gao & X.J.He
• Nomocharis meleagrina Franch.
• Nomocharis oxypetala (D.Don) E.H.Wilson
• Nomocharis pardanthina Franch.
• Nomocharis saluenensis Balf.f.
• Nomocharis synaptica Sealy

References

1. WCLSPF 2014.
2. Gao et al 2011.
3. James Cullen; Sabina G. Knees; H. Suzanne Cubey (11 August 2011). The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass. Cambridge University Press. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-521-76147-5.
4. Rønsted et al 2005.

Bibliography

• Gao, Yun-Dong; Hohenegger, Markus; Harris, AJ; Zhou, Song-Dong; He, Xing-Jin; Wan, Juan (2012). "A new species in the genus Nomocharis Franchet (Liliaceae): evidence that brings the genus Nomocharis into Lilium". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298 (1): 69–85. doi:10.1007/s00606-011-0524-1. ISSN 0378-2697.
• Rønsted, N.; Law, S.; Thornton, H.; Fay, M. F.; Chase, M. W. (2005). "Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classification of Fritillaria". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (3): 509–527. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.023. PMID 15878122.
• "Nomocharis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 14 September 2014