Prosartes
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Prosartes is a genus of flowering plants in the lily family
. For several decades plants of this genus were included in genus Disporum
. Studies of morphology
and cytology
, as well as genetic analysis
, show these North American plants to be different from the Asian genus Disporum, and they were separated again in 1995. Prosartes included five species until 2010, when a sixth, Prosartes parviflora, was elevated to species status from its previous position as a variant of Prosartes hookeri
, or perhaps a hybrid.
These plants are rhizomatous
herbs with bell-like pendent flowers.
Species:
Liliaceae
The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
. For several decades plants of this genus were included in genus Disporum
Disporum
Disporum is a genus of about 20 species of perennial flowering plants, found in Asia from northern India to Japan. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Colchicaceae....
. Studies of morphology
Morphology (biology)
In biology, morphology is a branch of bioscience dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features....
and cytology
Cytology
Cytology means "the study of cells".Cytology is that branch of life science, which deals with the study of cells in terms of structure, function and chemistry.Based on usage it can refer to:...
, as well as genetic analysis
Genetic analysis
Genetic analysis can be used generally to describe methods both used in and resulting from the sciences of genetics and molecular biology, or to applications resulting from this research....
, show these North American plants to be different from the Asian genus Disporum, and they were separated again in 1995. Prosartes included five species until 2010, when a sixth, Prosartes parviflora, was elevated to species status from its previous position as a variant of Prosartes hookeri
Prosartes hookeri
Prosartes hookeri, formerly Disporum hookeri, is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae known by the common names drops of gold and Hooker's fairy bells.-Occurrence:...
, or perhaps a hybrid.
These plants are rhizomatous
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
herbs with bell-like pendent flowers.
Species:
- Prosartes hookeriProsartes hookeriProsartes hookeri, formerly Disporum hookeri, is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae known by the common names drops of gold and Hooker's fairy bells.-Occurrence:...
- drops of gold - Prosartes lanuginosaProsartes lanuginosaProsartes lanuginosa is a member of the lily family with the common name Yellow Mandarin or Fairybells....
- yellow fairybells - Prosartes maculata - yellow mandarin
- Prosartes parvifolia - Siskiyou bells
- Prosartes smithiiProsartes smithiiProsartes smithii, formerly Disporum smithii, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name largeflower fairybells. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in shady forest and woodland, including redwood forests. It is an erect,...
- largeflower fairybells - Prosartes trachycarpa - roughfruit fairybells