TABLE. 1 in A revised infrageneric classification of Bellevalia Lapeyr. (Asparagaceae: Scilloideae) based on molecular analysis

TABLE. 1. Characters used by Feinbrun (1940), Persson & Wendelbo, 1979 and Wendelbo, 1980 to distinguish sections and subsections in Bellevalia. SectionSubsectionRaceme shapePedicel orientationPerianth venationPerianth colourLeaf length/ scape lengthCapsule shapeCilia on leaf marginNutantes [as Nutans]ColorataeCylindricalrecurved and pensileN/Aviolet, blue~1, <1rounded base, retuse apex-AlbifloraeCylindricalrecurved and pensile+White~1, <1rounded base, retuse apex-Conicae [as Conica]Orientalesconical, ovate-oblongerect to horizontal-buds violet, purple, dirty brown<1cuneate base, retuse apex+Occidentalesconical, ovate-oblongerect to horizontal-buds white<1cuneate base, retuse apex+Bellevalia [as Patens]Bellavaliacylindrical, oblong ovateerect to horizontal-purple, blue, dirty brown, white>1ovoid valves, rounded base-Cavareacylindrical, oblong ovateSessile-purple, blue, dirty brown, white>1ovoid valves, rounded base-Muscarioides-cylindrical, oblong ovateRecurved and pensile-violet, blue~1rounded+Strangweja-spike-likeascending or subsessile-pale blue>1valves elliptic to subreniform+Oxydontae-ovate-ellipticrecurved to horizontal-violet to purple~1,>1valves obovid or suborbicular with emarginated apex- N/A: not applicable