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A generic monograph of the Hyacinthaceae subfamily Urgineoideae

  • 1. Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain. & E-mail: mmartinez@ua.es; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2605-9575
  • 2. Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain. & E-mail: crespo@ua.es; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-5637
  • 3. Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain. & E-mail: ma.alonso@ua.es; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3768-9203
  • 4. Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain. & Institute of Biology, NAWI Graz, Division Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria. & E-mail: michael.pinter@uni-graz.at; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6055-6989
  • 5. BRAM, South African National Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 52099, Berea Road 4007, South Africa. & School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa. & E-mail: N.Crouch@sanbi.org.za; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-5840.
  • 6. Selmar Schonland Herbarium, Department of Botany, Rhodes University, Makhanda, 6140, South Africa. & E-mail: t.dold@ru.ac.za; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-7503
  • 7. Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Building 390, Murdoch WA 6150, Perth, Australia. & Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa. & E-mail: ladislav.mucina@murdoch.edu.au; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-8886
  • 8. Biocenter Linz, J.-W.-Klein-Str. 73, A-4040 Linz, Austria. & E-mail: martin.pfosser@ooelkg.at; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2050-4997
  • 9. Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain. & Institute of Biology, NAWI Graz, Division Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens University Graz, Holteigasse 6, A-8010 Graz, Austria. & Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain. & E-mail: wolfgang.wetschnig@uni-graz.at; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9245-029X *Author for correspondence & Depto. Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain.

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Martínez-Azorín, Mario, Crespo, Manuel B., Alonso-Vargas, María Ángeles, Pinter, Michael, Crouch, Neil R., Dold, Anthony P., Mucina, Ladislav, Pfosser, Martin, Wetschnig, Wolfgang (2023): A generic monograph of the Hyacinthaceae subfamily Urgineoideae. Phytotaxa 610 (1): 1-143, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.610.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.610.1.1

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