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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Uvularia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 304. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 144. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Bellwort;merrybells
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oakesia
|authority=Oakesia S. Watson
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oakesiella
|authority=Oakesiella Small
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Uvularia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Uvularia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin uvula, alluding to the flowers hanging like that organ, and to formerly supposed efficacy in treating diseases of it
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 51, 57
|treatment_page=page 147
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form;rhizome height or length or size;rhizome shape;root quantity;root texture;root size or width"><b>Herbs,</b> caulescent, glabrous or pubescent, from short or elongate rhizomes bearing several fibrous or thickened roots.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;stem shape;stem shape;branch architecture;bract architecture or shape;bract texture"><b>Stems </b>simple or 1-branched, excluding flower-bearing branches, strongly angled or rounded, with sheathing, papery bracts proximally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, sessile or perfoliate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade texture">blade oblong-linear to oblong-ovate, membranaceous to leathery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence quantity;inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>1 per branch, terminal but appearing axillary;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="peduncle orientation">peduncles pendent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="perianth shape"><b>Flowers:</b> perianth narrowly campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal duration;tepal arrangement;tepal fusion;tepal shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex function">tepals promptly deciduous, imbricate, distinct, linear to narrowly oblong, apex obtuse or acute, nectariferous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="stamen fusion">stamens distinct to weakly connate at perianth base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="filament growth form;filament pubescence">filaments dimorphic, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther shape;anther dehiscence or orientation">anthers linear-oblong, extrorse;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="connectif presence">connectives present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="ovary position;ovary architecture;ovary architecture;ovary architecture;ovary shape">ovary superior, 3-locular, sessile or stipitate, rounded to sharply triangular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style quantity;style shape">style 1, 3-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma shape;stigma orientation">stigmas 3, lobed, outwardly arching at maturity.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit coloration;fruit architecture;fruit architecture;fruit texture;fruit texture;fruit dehiscence;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, greenish to yellowish-brown, sessile or stipitate, leathery or submembranaceous, tardily dehiscent, dehiscence loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>1–3 per locule, brownish red, globose to ovoid;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="">arils various.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="aril variability;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 6, 7.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (5 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Uvularia, a genus of attractive, spring-blooming plants, has been divided into sect. Oakesiella (Small) Wilbur with sessile leaves and sect. Uvularia with perfoliate leaves. Differences in other morphological (R. L. Wilbur 1963) and cytological (F. H. Utech 1978d) characters support recognition of these infrageneric groups.</p><!--
--><p>D. K. Wijesinghe and D. F. Whigham (1997, 2001) compared the different, below-ground, vegetative morphologies of three Uvularia species and their relationship to their differing clonal populations and dynamics.</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems rounded; leaf blades perfoliate, margins smooth; capsules obovoid to truncate; tepals smooth or densely papillose adaxially.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Stems angled distally; leaf blades sessile, margins minutely papillose-denticulate; capsules generally ellipsoid; tepals smooth adaxially.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaves pubescent (rarely glabrous) on abaxial veins; leaves below lowest branch typically 1; tepals smooth adaxially; capsule with 2 truncate beaks per lobe.
|[[Uvularia grandiflora|Uvularia grandiflora]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaves glaucous, smooth abaxially; leaves below lowest branch (2–)3–4; tepals orange-papillose adaxially; capsule with 2 attenuate beaks per lobe.
|[[Uvularia perfoliata|Uvularia perfoliata]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Rhizomes short, 0.5–1 cm, bearing numerous, clustered, fleshy roots; stem nodes and abaxial leaf veins puberulent.
|[[Uvularia puberula|Uvularia puberula]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Rhizomes elongate, 10–15 cm, bearing scattered, fibrous roots; stem nodes and abaxial leaf surfaces glabrous.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Peduncles ebracteate; tepal apex rounded to acute; ovary and capsule stipitate.
|[[Uvularia sessilifolia|Uvularia sessilifolia]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Peduncles bearing 1, ovate, leafy bract; tepal apex acuminate; ovary and capsule sessile or subsessile.
|[[Uvularia floridana|Uvularia floridana]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Uvularia
|author=Frederick H. Utech;Shoichi Kawano
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Oakesia;Oakesiella
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=e North America
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_235.xml
|genus=Uvularia
|anther dehiscence or orientation=extrorse
|anther shape=linear-oblong
|apex function=nectariferous
|apex shape=acute;obtuse
|aril variability=various
|blade shape=oblong-linear;oblong-ovate
|blade texture=membranaceous;leathery
|bract architecture or shape=sheathing
|bract texture=papery
|branch architecture=flower-bearing
|connectif presence=absent
|filament growth form=dimorphic
|filament pubescence=glabrous
|fruit architecture=stipitate;sessile;capsular
|fruit coloration=greenish;yellowish-brown
|fruit dehiscence=loculicidal;dehiscent
|fruit texture=submembranaceous;leathery
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence quantity=1
|leaf architecture=perfoliate;sessile
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|ovary architecture=stipitate;sessile;3-locular
|ovary position=superior
|ovary shape=rounded;sharply triangular
|peduncle orientation=pendent
|perianth shape=campanulate
|rhizome height or length or size=short
|rhizome shape=elongate
|root quantity=several
|root size or width=thickened
|root texture=fibrous
|seed coloration=brownish red
|seed quantity=1;3
|seed shape=globose;ovoid
|stamen fusion=distinct;weakly connate
|stem architecture=1-branched;simple
|stem shape=rounded;angled
|stigma orientation=arching
|stigma quantity=3
|stigma shape=lobed
|style quantity=1
|style shape=3-lobed
|tepal arrangement=imbricate
|tepal duration=deciduous
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal shape=linear;narrowly oblong
|whole_organism architecture=caulescent
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|x chromosome quantity=7;6
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