Acis (plant)

Acis
Flower of Acis autumnalis (L.) Herb.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
clade: Angiosperms
clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Subfamily: Amaryllidoideae
Genus: Acis
Salisb.
Species

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Acis is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae[1]). The genus consists in 9 species distributed in Europe and Northern Africa.

The genus was reinstated in 2004, after it was determined on morphological and molecular grounds that these species should be segregated from Leucojum. [2]

Species

The list of Acis species, with their complete name and authority, is given below.[3]

  • Acis autumnalis (L.) Herb. 1837 (syn.: Leucojum autumnale).
    • Acis autumnalis var. autumnalis
    • Acis autumnalis var. oporantha (Jord. et Fourr.) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
    • Acis autumnalis var. pulchella (Jord. et Fourr.) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
  • Acis fabrei (Quézel & Girerd) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
  • Acis ionica Bareka, Kamari & Phitos 2006 [4].
  • Acis longifolia J.Gay ex M.Roemer 1847.
  • Acis nicaeensis (Ardoino) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
  • Acis rosea (F.Martin) Sweet1829.
  • Acis tingitana (Baker) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
  • Acis trichophylla Sweet
    • Acis trichophylla var. trichophylla
    • Acis trichophylla var. broteroi (Jord. & Fourr.) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
    • Acis trichophylla var. micrantha (Gattef. & Maire) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.
  • Acis valentina (Pau) Lledó, A.P.Davis & M.B.Crespo 2004.

References

  1. ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#AllAma 
  2. ^ Lledó Ma D., Davis A.P., Crespo M.B., Chase M.W., Fay M.F. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Leucojum and Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) based on plastid matK and nuclear ribosomal spacer (ITS) DNA sequences and morphology. Plant Syst. Evol., 246(3-4): 223-243.
  3. ^ Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. World Checklist of Monocotyledons: Acis . Accessed August 15, 2009.
  4. ^ P. Bareka, G. Kamari & D. Phitos, Acis ionica (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from the Ionian area (W Greece, S Albania), Willdenowia 36, 357-366, 2006