Dear all: Below you will find the abstract of an article of interest to many of us in the Pacific Bulb Society and the International Bulb Society. If anyone has access to the full text (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Volume 35, Issue 3 , June 2005, Pages 509-527) I would be *very* grateful for a copy. This is the getline: http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi/… Paige Woodward paige@hillkeep.ca http://www.hillkeep.ca/ ============================ Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the monophyly of Fritillaria and Lilium (Liliaceae; Liliales) and the infrageneric classification of Fritillaria Nina Rønsted, Steve Law1, Hannah Thornton2, Michael F. Fay, and Mark W. Chase Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3DS, UK Received 2 December 2003; revised 16 June 2004. Available online 23 March 2005. Abstract We present phylogenetic analyses of 37 taxa of Fritillaria (Liliaceae), 15 species of Lilium, and several outgroup taxa from Liliaceae s.s. to investigate the generic delimitation of Fritillaria in relation to Lilium as well as infrageneric relationships within Fritillaria. We used DNA sequences from the maturase-coding plastid matK gene and the trnK intron, the intron of the ribosomal protein-coding rpl16 plastid gene, and the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS). Phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony defined Fritillaria and Lilium (the latter including Nomocharis) as sister taxa. Fritillaria sections Fritillaria and Liliorhiza are supported in part, and some of the most enigmatic species usually included in Fritillaria (sections Petilium and Theresia and the monotypic genus Korolkowia) are closely related. The results support the new classification of Fritillaria proposed by Rix. We postulate independent origins of the underground bulbils found in Fritillaria davidii and the remainder of subgenus Liliorhiza. Keywords: Fritillaria; ITS; Korolkowia; Lilium; matK; Nomocharis; rpl16 Corresponding author. Fax: +44 208 332 5310 1 Present address: School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK. 2 Present address: Biology Department, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Volume 35, Issue 3 , June 2005, Pages 509-527 =========================