Lapiedra martinezii Lag. (Amaryllidaceae) is an autumn-flowering geophyte that grows in coastal and sublittoral environments. The interests on this species has come out during the last decades due to its content bioactive alkaloids conservational status. aim of work was review available information L. assess whether it could be introduced as ornamental plant xero-gardening. Therefore, aesthetic...

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors are widely used in Alzheimer’s treatment, but they also crucial for their action on organophosphorus insecticides. The latter exert toxicity by inhibiting the AChE enzyme insects, leading to death. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids have been proven be potent inhibitors. In present study methanolic extracts and essential oils being obtained from species of Asteracea...

Boophone disticha (Amaryllidaceae) is widely used in traditional medicine in southern Africa. Several alkaloids, volatile oils and fatty acids have been isolated from the plant. However, there has been no literature report of a triterpene from B. disticha. Cycloeucalenol, a cycloartane triterpene, together with its regio-isomer, was isolated from the ethyl acetate extract of the bulbs using col...

Cladistic analyses of plastid DNA sequences rbcL and trnL-F are presented separately and combined for 48 genera of Amaryllidaceae and 29 genera of related asparagalean families. The combined analysis is the most highly resolved of the three and provides good support for the monophyly of Amaryllidaceae and indicates Agapanthaceae as its sister family. Alliaceae are in turn sister to the Amarylli...

Allium stenodon (Amaryllidaceae) is reported as a returning member of the Korean flora. This species proved to be only section Sikkimensia among species, and it easily distinguished by its cylindrical bulbs with fibrous sometimes subreticulate tunics blue purple-blue perianth. Previously recognized A. baekdusanense treated an additional synonym stenodon. Photographs complete descriptions are pr...