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family Amaryllidaceae - snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae

Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family

liliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils

Liliales, order Liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae

amaryllis - bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers

genus Amaryllis - type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa

Bomarea, genus Bomarea - large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae

genus Haemanthus, Haemanthus - genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies

genus Hippeastrum - bulbous flowering plants of tropical America

genus Narcissus - Old World perennial bulbous herbs

genus Strekelia, Strekelia - a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family

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The genus Agapanthus established by L'Heritier in 1788 belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae and order Asparagales [1].

Micromorphological Characterization of the Leaf and Rhizome of Agapanthus praecox subsp. praecox Willd

Apoptosis-inducing effects of distichamine and narciprimine, rare alkaloids of the plant family Amaryllidaceae. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 22, 6195-6199.

The effect of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids haemanthamine and haemanthidine on cell cycle progression and apoptosis in p53-negative human leukemic Jurkat cells

Often, the affected plants are in the family Amaryllidaceae (formerly placed in the family Liliaceae), especially amaryllis and crinum.

Host plant selection by Romalea microptera (Orthoptera: Romaleidae)

Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa Linn.) belongs to family Amaryllidaceae and is a perennial flowering plant popular worldwide as cut flower (Singh and Shanker, 2011).

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT POTTING MEDIA COMBINATIONS ON GROWTH AND VASE LIFE OF TUBEROSE (POLIANTHES TUBEROSA LINN.)

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