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 3. Gagea sect. Didymobulbos K.Koch , Linnaea, 22:229 (1849). LECTOTYPE : G. villosa (M.Bieb.) Sweet (designated by Levichev, 2006 ). Syn.: G. sect. Minimae (Pascher) Davlianidze, Not. Syst. Geogr. Inst. Bot. Thbilissiensis. 30. 1973 ( LECTOTYPE designated by Davlianidze 1973: G. minima ); G. sect. Minimoides (A.Terracc) Levichev, Bot. Zhurn. 75. 1990 ( lectotype designated by Levichev, 1990 : G. minimoides = G. confusa ); G. sect. Dschungaricae Levichev, Mol. Phylogenetic Evol. 46. 2008 ( LECTOTYPE designated by Peterson et al. , 2008 : G. dschungarica ); G. sect. Stipitatae (Pascher) Davlianidze, Not. Syst. Geogr. Inst. Bot. Thbilissiensis. 29. 1972 ( LECTOTYPE designated by Davlianidze 1972: G. stipitata ); G. sect. Fistulosae (Pascher) Davlianidze, Not. Syst. Geogr. Inst. Bot. Thbilissiensis. 30. 1973 ( LECTOTYPE designated by Davlianidze 1973: G. fistulosa = G. liotardii ) ; G. sect. Foliatae A.Terracc. Mem. Soc. Bot. Fr. 1. 1905 ( LECTOTYPE designated by Levichev, 1990 : G. foliosa (J.Presl & C.Presl) Schult. & Schult. f.). G. sect. Spathaceae Levichev, Mol. Phylogenetic Evol. 46. 2008 (TYPE: G. spathacea ). Putative synapomorphies: radical leaves1-2, circular, flattened or fistulose in transverse section; tunic leathery, dark grey to dark brown; inflorescence cymose, rarely umbellate; filament glabrous; tepals acute at the apex, yellow adaxially, hardened and enlarged after anthesis. Species included: G. algeriensis , G. bohemica , G. capillifolia , G. chomutovae , G. confusa , G. dschungarica , G. filiformis , G. foliosa , G. fragifera , G. gageoides , G. glacialis , G. granulosa , G. helderichii , G. infrakamensis , G. lactea , G. libanotica , G. lojaconoi , G. luteoides , G. minima , G. peduncularis , G. soleirolii , G. spathacea , G. kunawurensis , G. tenera , and G. villosa .