A revised infrageneric classification for Gagea Salisb. (Tulipeae; Liliaceae): insights from DNA sequence and morphological data Author Zarrei, Mehdi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 DS, UK. & Current address: Green Plant Herbarium (TRT), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M 5 S 2 C 6, Canada (* e-mail for correspondence: m. zarrei @ utoronto. ca). Author Wilkin, Paul Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 DS, UK. Author Ingrouille, Martin J. School of Biological and Chemical Science, Birkbeck College, University of London, Mallet Street, WC 1 E 7 HX, UK. Author Chase, And Mark W. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 DS, UK. text Phytotaxa 2011 2011-12-31 15 44 56 journal article 6274 10.11646/phytotaxa.15.1.6 fd097095-4d41-463a-b537-9c85d7f5e085 1179-3163 4894104 1. Gagea sect. Platyspermum Boiss., Fl. Orient . 5: 204 (1882). Lectotype (designated by Greuter 1970 ): G. reticulata (Pall.) Schult. & Schult. f. Syn.: Gagea sect. Graminifoliae Levichev, Bot. Zhurn. 75 (1990). Type : G. graminifolia . Gagea sect. Incrustatae Levichev, Bot. Zhurn. 75 (1990). Type : G. incrustata . Gagea sect. Bulbiferae Levichev, Mol. Phylogenetic Evol. 46 (2008). Type : G. bulbifera . Gagea sect. Hornungia Davlianidze, Not. Syst. Georgr. Inst. Bot. Thbilissiensis 29 (1972). Type : G. reticulata . Putative synapomorphies:—basal leaf single, pentangular in transverse section; tunic reticulate, fibrous, fibrous-papery; inflorescence umbellate; filament glabrous; tepals yellow adaxially, acuminate to long acuminate at the apex, hardened and enlarged after anthesis. Species included:— Gagea alexeenkoana sensu lato (incl. G. caroli-kochii ), G. anonyma , G. bergii , G. bulbifera , G. calcicola , G. circumplexa , G. commutata K.Koch , G. dayana , G. eleonorae , G. reticulata sensu lato (incl. G. tehranica Gand. , G. tenuifolia ), G. robusta Zarrei & Wilkin , G. setifolia (incl. G. perpusilla ) and G. vegeta .