中药川贝母、伊贝母、平贝母、浙贝母等的来源为百合科贝母属不同植物地下茎着生的鳞叶。但诸多的中药材专著,期刊杂志,包括中华人民共和国药典,均把贝母的来源称之谓鳞茎;实际上贝母的药用部分为鳞叶,不应称鳞茎。贝母原植物的地下部分为变态的鳞茎,茎上着生的鳞片为变态叶,贝母既属于茎变态,也有叶变态,从研究植物的生态和器官分类角度,植物学把贝母的原植物器官变态列为茎变态类。从药材学而论,贝母的药用部分为地下鳞茎盘上着生的鳞叶,而不是鳞茎,正如百合的药用部分为鳞叶一样。一般说来地下茎的变态都伴有叶变态,多数的变态叶呈退化状而不 The origins of Chinese medicines, such as Fritillaria cirrhosa, Iberobia, Fritillaria, and Fritillaria cirrhosa, are derived from the underground stems of different plants in the genus Lilium. However, many Chinese herbal medicine monographs, periodicals and magazines, including the People’s Republic of China Pharmacopoeia, refer to the source of fritillaria as the bulb; in fact, the medicinal part of fritillaria is a scale leaf and should not be called a bulb. The underground part of the fritillary plant is an abnormal bulb. The scales on the stem are allergic. Fritillaria belongs to the stem metamorphosis and also the leaf metamorphosis. From the point of view of the study of plant ecology and organ classification, the botany takes the original of the fritillaria. Plant organs are classified as stem metamorphosis. From the point of view of medicinal herbs, the medicinal part of fritillaria is the scale leaf on the underground bulb, not the bulb, just as the medicinal part of the lily is the scale leaf. In general, metamorphosis of underground stems is accompanied by leaf metamorphosis. Most of the metamorphosed leaves are degenerate without