Nomocharis Explained

Nomocharis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Liliaceae. It consists of about 7 species native to montane regions of western China, Myanmar, and northern India. They are similar to Lilium, with one of the more obvious differences being the flowers being more shallow or sometimes flat.^[1]

Taxonomy

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,, considers Nomocharis a separate genus in its own right, however some authorities consider Nomocharis to be embedded within Lilium, rather than treat it as a separate genus. Including Kew^[2] and United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 13 July 2010.^[3]

Species

The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families accepted 10 species :

• 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

Bibliography

• Gao. Yun-Dong. Hohenegger. Markus. Harris. AJ. Zhou. Song-Dong. He. Xing-Jin. Wan. Juan. A new species in the genus Nomocharis Franchet (Liliaceae): evidence that brings the genus Nomocharis into Lilium. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 298. 1. 2012. 69–85. 0378-2697. 10.1007/s00606-011-0524-1. 16912824 . .
• Rønsted. N. . S.. Law . H. . Thornton . M. F. . Fay . M. W. . Chase. Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classification of Fritillaria. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2005. 35. 509–527. 15878122. 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.12.023. 3. .

Notes and References

1. Book: James Cullen. Sabina G. Knees. H. Suzanne Cubey. The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass. 11 August 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-76147-5. 102–.
2. Web site: Nomocharis pardanthina Franch. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 8 September 2021 . en . This is a synonym of Lilium pardanthinum (Franch.) Y.D.Gao.
3. Web site: Genus Nomocharis Franch. . npgsweb.ars-grin.gov . 8 September 2021 . Possible synonym of Lilium L..