Gagea sect. Stipitatae (Pascher) Davlianidze

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 : 49

Gagea sect. Stipitatae (Pascher) Davlianidze

All members of G. sect. Stipitatae were previously classified under G. sect. Platyspermum sensu lato ( Pascher 1904, 1907, Stroh 1937, Uphof 1958 –1960). Gagea sect. Stipitatae , which comprises c. 60 species, is one of the largest sections in Gagea (along with G. sect. Gagea ; Peterson et al. 2008). Peterson et al. (2008) included eight species from this section in their analyses. Since members of G. sect. Stipitatae were placed in four subclades in a clade that corresponds to clade D in Zarrei et al. (2009), this section must be merged with all other members of the clade D sensu Zarrei et al. (2009) . Gagea chomutovae Pascher (1907: 372) , G. gageoides and G. kunawurensis were included in the anatomical studies as members of G. sect. Stipitatae. These species exhibited type II and III pedicels and type IV basal leaves ( Zarrei et al. 2010d). Gagea chomutovae , G. gageoides , G. kunawurensis and G. exilis of this section were included in a pollen morphological study by Zarrei & Zarre (2005); they exhibit four types of pollen that occur in other sections, so pollen characters do not support the monophyly of the section. Although there are several well-supported subclades composed of members of G. sect. Stipitatae, this section on its own is polyphyletic. For more information, see G. sect. Gagea and G. sect. Minimae below.