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Colchicaceae
Sign in to savealt=Colchicum persicum in Behbahan|thumb|Colchicum persicum in Behbahan, [[Iran]] Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016.
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Colchicaceae is a family of plants within the order Liliales. It belongs to the class Liliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta, under the kingdom Plantae. The family contains approximately 280 species distributed across 15 genera. Its type genus is Colchicum, and it is also referred to by the common names Herfsttijloosfamilie and 秋水仙科.
The taxon has an accepted status in botanical records. Occurrence data indicates 398,915 recorded instances. Specimens have been documented in institutions in Australia, the United States, China, and Mexico. Additionally, the family is the subject of 283 PubMed entries and is referenced in 558 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
herfsttijloosfamilie
Colchicaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderLiliales
- FamilyColchicaceae
秋水仙科（學名：Colchicaceae）包括20多属约几百种，都是草本植物，分布在世界各地，以热带地区种类最多。 本科植物一般含有有毒的秋水仙碱，以前的分类法多不承认有此科存在，其中的各种类大部分被分到百合科的各属中，1998年根据基因亲缘关系分类的APG 分类法将这些属以及一些分散在其他属中的种统一划归为秋水仙科。其中部分种类为观赏花卉被引种到世界各地。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 31
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Collections
- RSA, UTC, TENN, VT, BRIT, K
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, China, Mexico
Research
283 papers- Reviewing Colchicaceae alkaloids - perspectives of evolution on medicinal chemistry.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2014
- Flower orientation in Gloriosa superba (Colchicaceae) promotes cross-pollination via butterfly wings.Annals of botany · 2020
- Ubiquitous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the roots of herbaceous understory plants with hyphal degeneration in Colchicaceae and Gentianaceae.Mycorrhiza · 2024
- Screening of antimicrobial, antioxidant, antidiabetic activities, anatomical and morphological properties of Colchicum speciosum Steven (Colchicaceae).Protoplasma · 2022
- Phylogenetic relationships within Colchicaceae.American journal of botany · 2003
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
alt=Colchicum persicum in Behbahan|thumb|Colchicum persicum in Behbahan, [[Iran]] Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016.
The family is characterized by the presence of colchicine.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Colchicaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.