On the limits of drought—Life history of Gagea bulbifera (Liliaceae)

Studies of life history of Gagea graeca (Liliaceae) based on morphological and molecular methods

“…7), with only five pairs of clonal plants found in the first of the two transects. This is comparable with results from G. bulbifera (0% clonal plants, Beisenova et al 2015) but not with the two remaining species of the genus with known data ( G. lutea , 62%, Pfeiffer et al 2011; G. spathacea , 100%, Pfeiffer et al 2012). Only flowering plants of G. graeca were used for the AFLP analysis, which all can be expected to form one bulbil/year.…”

“…Table 2 shows a comparison of the life history traits of a species from humid environments ( G. lutea , Schnittler et al 2009) and two species from arid environments, ( Gagea graeca , this study, G. bulbifera , Beisenova et al 2015). Gagea lutea is a typical species of the species-rich sect.…”

“…Salisb. (Beisenova et al 2015). A quantitative morphology approach (Schnittler et al 2009, 2013; Beisenova et al 2015), including measurements on living plants of all ontogenetic stages, is used to quantify possible traits enabling G. graeca to persist in the only temporarily wet vegetation Mediterranean shrub land.…”

“…(Beisenova et al 2015). A quantitative morphology approach (Schnittler et al 2009, 2013; Beisenova et al 2015), including measurements on living plants of all ontogenetic stages, is used to quantify possible traits enabling G. graeca to persist in the only temporarily wet vegetation Mediterranean shrub land. In addition, amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), (Vos et al 1995) was employed to estimate the proportions of vegetative (leading to clones) and generative reproduction (producing new genotypes) in the species.…”

Male flowers in Tulipa pumila Moench (Liliaceae) potentially originate from gender diphasy

“…In the last two decades, the occurrence of femalesterile systems has been highlighted in an increasing number of studies dealing with taxa in the order Liliales (e.g., Beisenova et al, 2015;Dafni & Shmida, 2002;Liao, Song, & Zhang, 2006;Liao & Zhang, 2008;Nishikawa, 1998;Schnittler et al, 2017;Wang, Zhai, & Zhang, 2018). In particular, within Liliaceae, several cases have been previously reported in Fritillaria (Mancuso & Peruzzi, 2010;Matsuura, 1934;Peruzzi, 2012;Peruzzi, Mancuso, & Gargano, 2012;Shimizu et al, 1998), Gagea (including Lloydia) (Jones & Gliddon, 1999;Niu, Gong, Peng, Sun, & Li, 2017) and Lilium (Peruzzi, 2012;Zhang et al, 2014).…”