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Liliaceae

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Cardiocrinum
Clintonia
Erythronium
Fritillaria
Gagea
Korolkowia
Lilium
Lloydia
Maianthemum
Nomocharis
Notholirion
Scoliopus
Streptopus
Tricyrtis
Tulipa
Xerotes

The Liliaceae, or the Lily Family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins, and flower parts in threes.

Many plants in the Liliaceae are important ornamental plants, widely grown for their attractive flowers. Most of the genera are poisonous if eaten. A floral pattern said to be based on a lily or lily-like flower is used in heraldry; see Fleur-de-lis.

The Lily family was formerly a paraphyletic "catch-all" group that included a great number of genera that are now included in other families, and some in other orders, such as Agavaceae, Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Anthericaceae s.s., Asparagaceae, Asphodelaceae, Convallariaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Melanthiaceae, Nartheciaceae, Smilacaceae , Tecophilaeaceae, Themidaceae, Tofieldiaceae, Trilliaceae and Uvulariaceae.

The genus Calochortus, which includes the Sego and Mariposa lilies, and its allied genera are separated into a separate family Calochortaceae in some schemes, while others maintain them as a subfamily of Liliaceae, the Calochortoideae.

Genera

The list below includes genera that have historically been classified in family Liliaceae. Monocot classification has undergone considerable revision in recent years, and some newer systems, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's APG 2 classification system, have assigned many of these genera to different families based on genetic relationships. The APG 2 families are listed in brackets. Abama (synonym of Narthecium)
Aletris
Allium Onion and garlic (Alliaceae)
Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae)
Amaryllis Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae)
Amianthium
Androstephium (Themidaceae)
Anthericum
Anticlea
Arthropodium
Asparagus (genus) Asparagus (Asparagaceae)
Asphodelus (Asphodelaceae)
Astelia
Atamosco
Bellevalia (Hyacinthaceae)
Bloomeria (Themidaceae)
Bomarea (Alstroemeriaceae)
Brodiaea (Themidaceae)
Calochortus (Liliaceae or Calochortaceae)
Camassia Quamash (Agavaceae)
Chamaelirium
Chionographis
Chlorogalum (Agavaceae)
Chlorophytum
Clintonia (Liliaceae)
Colchicum (Colchicaceae)
Conanthera
Convallaria Lily of the valley (Ruscaceae)
Cooperia
Crinum
Curculigo
Cyclobothra
Daiswa
Dianella
Disporum
Drimia (Hyacinthaceae)
Drimiopsis (Hyacinthaceae)
Echeandia
Eremurus (Asphodelaceae)
Eriospermum
Erythronium Trout lily (Liliaceae)
Eucharis (Amaryllidaceae)
Eucrosia
Eustephia
Fritillaria (Liliaceae)
Gagea (Liliaceae)
Gloriosa (Colchicaceae)
Greenia
Griffinia
Habranthus
Harperocallis
Hastingsia (Hyacinthaceae)
Helonias
Heloniopsis
Hemerocallis Daylily (Hemerocallidaceae)
Hemiphylacus
Herreria
Hesperanthes
Hesperoscordum (Themidaceae)
Hessea
Hippeastrum "Amaryllis" (Amaryllidaceae)
Hookera
Hosta (Agavaceae)
Hymenocallis Peruvian daffodil
Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae)
Ismene
Jaimehintonia
Johnsonia
Kniphofia (Asphodelaceae)
Laxmannia (Laxmanniaceae)
Lepidopharynx
Leucocrinum
Leucojum Snowflakes (Amaryllidaceae)
Lilium Lily (Liliaceae)
Liriope (plant) Lilyturf (Ruscaceae)
Maianthemum (Ruscaceae)
Melanthium (Melanthiaceae)
Metanarthecium
Miersia
Milla (Themidaceae)
Molineria
Muilla (Alliaceae)
Narcissus Jonquil, daffodil (Amaryllidaceae)
Narthecium (Nartheciaceae)
Nietneria
Nomocharis (Liliaceae)
Nothoscordum (Alliaceae)
Odontostomum
Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae)
Ornithogalum (Hyacinthaceae)
Paradisea
Paris (Hyacinthaceae)
Peliosanthes
Phaedranassa
Phalangium
Polygonatum Solomon's seal (Ruscaceae)
Prosartes
Quamasia
Roulinia
Salomonia
Schoenocaulon
Scilla (Hyacinthaceae)
Scoliopus (Liliaceae)
Selonia
Smilacina (Ruscaceae, as Maianthemum)
Stenanthium
Streptopus (Liliaceae)
Stropholirion
Theropogon
Tofieldia
Tovaria
Toxicoscordion
Tracyanthus
Tricyrtis (Liliaceae)
Trillium Trillium (Melanthiaceae)
Triteleia (Themidaceae)
Tulbaghia Society garlic (Alliaceae)
Tulipa Tulip (Liliaceae)
Tupistra
Unifolium
Urceolina
Uvularia (Colchicaceae)
Vagnera
Veratrum (Melanthiaceae)
Wurmbea
Xerophyllum (Melanthiaceae)
Zephyranthes (Amaryllidaceae)
Zigadenus (Melanthiaceae)
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Image:Sego lily cm.jpg|Calochortus nuttallii (Sego Lily)

References

* Dahlgren, R.M.T., H.T. Clifford, and P.F. Yeo. 1985. The Families of Monocotyledons. - Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Germany.
* Chase, M.W., M.R. Duvall, H.G. Hills, J.G. Conran, A.V. Cox, L.E. Eguiarte, J. Hartwell, M.F. Fay, L.R.Caddick, K.M. Cameron, and S. Hoot. 1995.- Molecular phylogenetics of Lilianae; in Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution.
* Kelch, D.G. 2000. What happened to the lily family? Pacific Horticulture 61:76-79.
* Kubitzki, K.(Editor) 1998: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.3. Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Germany. ISBN 3-540-64060-6

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