The Bulbs of the World: A Family Tree for Liliales




              |=====================================Campynemaceae
              |
              |
              |                                 |===Smilacaceae
              |               |=================|
              |               |                 |===Philesiaceae
==Liliales====|               |
              |               |
              |               |          |=========Uvulariaceae
              |           |===|     |====|
              |           |   |     |    |=========Calochortaceae
              |           |   |     |
              |           |   |     |
              |           |   |     |                |===Medeola
              |           |   |=====|            |===|
              |===========|         |            |   |===Tulipa
                          |         |==Liliaceae=|
                          |                      |
                          |                      |  |====Lilium
                          |                      |==|
                          |                         |  |==Nomocharis
                          |                         |==|
                          |                            |==Fritillaria
                          |
                          |
                          |      |=================Melanthiaceae
                          |      |           (incl. Trilliaceae)
                          |======|
                                 |
                                 |       |======Alstroemeriaceae
                                 |=======|
                                         |   |====Luzuriagaceae
                                         |   |
                                         |===|
                                             |  |==[Uvulariaceae]
                                             |==|
                                                |==Colchicaceae

The above diagram has been freely adapted from trees in: M.W. Chase et al. (1995), "Molecular Phylogenetics of Lilianae" in MONOCOTYLEDONS: SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, Rudall, Cribb, Cutler & Humphries, editors, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, pp. 109-137.

Visit the Great Lakes Bulb Society home page.

For more information about the Great Lakes Bulb Society, contact:
Jim Shields, at jim@shieldsgardens.com.

For information about this account, contact:

James E. Shields, jim@shieldsgardens.com

Last revised: 31 August 2000.