View source for Tofieldia ← Tofieldia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Tofieldia |accepted_authority=Hudson |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Fl. Angl. ed. |place=2, 157. 1778 |year=1778 }} |common_names=False asphodel |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Liliaceae;Tofieldia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tofieldia]]</div></div> |etymology=for Thomas Tofield, 1730–1779, English botanist |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 11, 56, 58, 62 |treatment_page=page 60 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, glabrous. <b>Stems</b> scapelike, sometimes with 1–3 leaves near base, smooth. <b>Leaves</b> equitant, 2-ranked; blade linear. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemose, open to dense, sometimes spikelike, bracteate, sometimes bracteolate, elongating in fruit; bracteoles connate in epicalyx. <b>Flowers</b> inserted singly; tepals persistent, 6, in 2 somewhat dissimilar series, distinct; stamens 6; filaments dilated basally, strongly flattened (except <i>T. coccinea</i>); anthers basifixed, 2-locular, introrse, without appendages; ovary superior, stipitate, apocarpous basally, glabrous; intercarpellary nectary present; styles 3. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, broadly ellipsoid to globose or obovoid, chartaceous, glabrous, dehiscence septicidal, then adaxially loculicidal. <b>Seeds</b> reddish brown, without appendages. <b>x</b> = 15.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Eurasia. |discussion=<p>Species 7 or 8 (3 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Following the example of J. G. Baker (1879) and R. R. Gates (1918), this treatment of <i>Tofieldia</i> excludes the species of sect. <i>Triantha</i>, which is recognized instead as a distinct genus; see J. G. Packer (1993). <i>Tofieldia</i> sometimes has been treated very broadly, to include not only <i>Triantha</i> but also <i>Pleea</i> (W. B. Zomlefer 1997c).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Margins of bracts 3-lobed; bracteoles absent. |[[Tofieldia pusilla|Tofieldia pusilla]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Margins of bracts ± entire; bracteoles 3-lobed. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems 2–20 cm; inflorescences 0.5–2.5 cm; tepals 2–2.5 mm. |[[Tofieldia coccinea|Tofieldia coccinea]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Stems 25–90 cm; inflorescences 3–25 cm; tepals 3–4.5 mm. |[[Tofieldia glabra|Tofieldia glabra]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Tofieldia |author=John G. Packer |authority=Hudson |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Liliaceae |distribution=North America;Eurasia. |reference=None |publication title=Fl. Angl. ed. |publication year=1778 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_26.xml |genus=Tofieldia }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Liliaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Liliaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Tofieldia.