Gagea sect. Tricholloydia (Engl.) Zarrei & Wilkin

Zarrei, Mehdi, Wilkin, Paul, Ingrouille, Martin J. & Chase, And Mark W., 2011, A revised infrageneric classification for Gagea Salisb. (Tulipeae; Liliaceae): insights from DNA sequence and morphological data, Phytotaxa 15, pp. 44-56 : 53-54

7. Gagea sect. Tricholloydia (Engl.) Zarrei & Wilkin , comb. nov.

Basionym: Lloydia sect. Tricholloydia Engl ,. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 5: 11 (1900).

Lectotype (designated here): Gagea flavonutans (H.Hara) Zarrei & Wilkin , comb. nov. Basionym: Lloydia flavonutans H.Hara., J. Jap. Bot. 49: 202 (1974).

Putative synapomorphies:—basal leaves 3–8; tunic fibrous; inflorescence solitary-flowered or cymose to raceme-like; filaments hairy; tepals white or yellow adaxially, tepals withered after anthesis.

Species included:— Gagea flavonutans . Lectotype (designated by Dasgupta & Deb 1986): SIKKIM. Migothang, 3900 m, 31 May1960, Hara et al. 6564 (TI). Gagea oxycarpa (Franch.) Zarrei & Wilkin , comb. nov. Basionym: Lloydia oxycarpa Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 192 (1898). Lectotype (designated here): CHINA. Yunnan: Hee chan men 1554 (P).

Note:— Gagea sect. Tricholloydia comprises members of Lloydia sect. Tricholloydia that are included in Gagea as a section for the first time here. Hemierium graecum (L.) Rafinesque (1837: 27) was designated as a lectotype by Dasgupta & Deb (1986). It is synonymous with G. graeca , lectotype of Gagea sect. Anthericoides . Therefore, the typification of Dasgupta & Deb (1986) is rejected here, and a new typification has been made. Other species of Lloydia need to be studied both morphologically and in terms of typification before transferring them to Gagea .