A pre-Miocene Irano-Turanian cradle: Origin and diversification of the species-rich monocot genus (Liliaceae).

The Irano-Turanian (IT) floristic region is considered an important center of origin for many taxa. However, there is a lack of studies dealing with typical IT genera that also occur in neighboring areas. The species-rich monocot genus Salisb.

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

Background: We studied the life history of Gagea graeca (L.) A. Terracc.

Systematics of Gagea and Lloydia (Liliaceae) and infrageneric classification of Gagea based on molecular and morphological data.

Our study represents the first phylogenetic analyses of the genus Gagea Salisb. (Liliaceae), including 58 species of Gagea and 6 species of the closely related genus Lloydia Salisb. ex Rchb.