Tofieldia


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Noun1.Tofieldia - genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
genus Tofieldia
liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
false asphodel - a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
Scotch asphodel, Tofieldia pusilla - false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
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9c), which he regarded as a primitive feature of the Kingia flower, and the presence of "open" septal glands in Dasypogon, which he considered superficially similar to those of Tofieldia. Remizowa et al.
Systematic placement of Dasypogonaceae among commelinid monocots: evidence from flowers and fruits
In comparison with Orocantabrian and Pyrenean fens, the floristic composition is poor in character species of the alliance and order, lacking among them some plant specialist of these temperate fens: Equisetum variegatum, Pinguicula grandiflora, Pedicularis mixta, Selaginella selaginoides and Tofieldia calyculata (JIMENEZ-ALFARO & al., 2012).
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<1 <1 <1 51 Succisa pratensis Moench <1 <1 <1 52 Tofieldia calyculata (L.) Wahlenb.
Species composition and structure of vascular plants and bryophytes on the water level gradient within a calcareous fen in North Estonia/Pohja-Eesti kaltsiumirikka madalsoo soontaime- ja samblaliikide koostis ning struktuur veetaseme gradiendil
Epilobium palustre L., Poa palustris L., Populus tremuloides Michx., and Tofieldia pusilla (Michx.) Pers.
Plant diversity and cover after wildfire on anthropogenically disturbed and undisturbed sites in subarctic upland Picea mariana forest
Patterns of floral structure and orientation in Japonolirion, Narthecium, and Tofieldia. Aliso 22: 159-171.
An updated classification of the class Magnoliopsida

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