Blandfordia 4 claims

genus · family Blandfordiaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

2 spellings

Blandfordia
Blandfordia · picture of the genus (one of its species)Poyt448 Peter Woodard · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The precise placement of Blandfordia and Lanaria remains poorly supported.

Taxon
Blandfordia and LanariaBlandfordiaLanariae0
Outcome
precise relationshipse0
Qualifier
poorly supportede0

Verbatim

e0

“the precise relationships of Blandfordia and Lanaria are still poorly supported within the astelioid clade.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 718–825

Title

Anatomical and molecular systematics of Asteliaceae and Hypoxidaceae

PAULA J. RUDALL; MARK W. CHASE; DAVID F. CUTLER; et al. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 1998. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1998.tb02086.x

Other claims from this paper (2)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Blandfordia comprises at least four morphologically distinct taxa.

Taxon
BlandfordiaBlandfordiae1
Outcome
at least four polythetically distinct taxae0

Verbatim

e0

“the genus consists of at least four polythetically distinct taxa”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 170–234
e1

“The taxa in Blandfordia”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–23

Title

Morphological variation within the genus Blandfordia (Liliaceae) in relation to Its environment

CL Porter; DA Morrison; KA Johnson Australian Systematic Botany 1992. doi:10.1071/sb9920373

Other claims from this paper (9)
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Species boundaries were arbitrary but closely related to environmental variables.

Taxon
BlandfordiaBlandfordiae1
Outcome
morphological boundariese0
Setting
environmental variablese0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“The morphological boundaries between most of these species are arbitrary but are closely related to a number of environmental variables”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 377–512
e1

“The taxa in Blandfordia”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–23

Title

Morphological variation within the genus Blandfordia (Liliaceae) in relation to Its environment

CL Porter; DA Morrison; KA Johnson Australian Systematic Botany 1992. doi:10.1071/sb9920373

Other claims from this paper (9)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Taxa could be discriminated only by combined leaf and flower traits because of intrapopulation variation.

Taxon
BlandfordiaBlandfordiae1
Outcome
discrimination between these taxae0
Qualifier
leaf width and margin sculpturing, and flower length and diametere0

Verbatim

e0

“Due to large intra-population variability, discrimination between these taxa is possible only on the basis of a combination of attributes, notably leaf width and margin sculpturing, and flower length and diameter”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 514–726
e1

“The taxa in Blandfordia”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–23

Title

Morphological variation within the genus Blandfordia (Liliaceae) in relation to Its environment

CL Porter; DA Morrison; KA Johnson Australian Systematic Botany 1992. doi:10.1071/sb9920373

Other claims from this paper (9)