Butomus
| Flowering rush | |
|---|---|
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| Butomus umbellatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Butomaceae Mirb.[1] |
| Genus: | Butomus L. |
| Species: | B. umbellatus |
| Type species | |
| Butomus umbellatus L. | |
Butomus is the only known genus in the plant family Butomaceae, native to Europe and Asia. Two species are recognized:
- Butomus junceus Turcz. - Central Asia
- Butomus umbellatus L. - China, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Middle East, Russia, Europe; naturalized in North America[5]
Butomaceae
Butomaceae has been recognized by most taxonomists as a plant family; it is sometimes called the "flowering-rush family".
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes such a family, and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The family counts a single species, Butomus umbellatus.
At the ranks of family and order this is the same placement as in the Cronquist system. However, Cronquist assumed a much smaller order and assigned the order to subclass Alismatidae, in class Liliopsida [=monocotyledons].
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, retrieved 2010-12-10
- ↑ illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ↑ The Plant List search for Butomus
- ↑ Butomaceae in the Flora of North America
- ↑ Flora of China, 花蔺 hua lin Butomus umbellatus Linnaeus
External links
- Butomaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Monocot families (United States Department of Agriculture)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas A&M University
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