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Liliaceae

Lily Family: Liliaceae

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Lilliopsida
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Liliaceae

Genera

Abama[?]
Aletris[?]
Allium[?] - Onion and garlic
Amaryllis - Amaryllis or surprise lily
Amianthium[?]
Androstephium[?]
Anthericum[?]
Anticlea
Arthropodium[?]
Asparagus - Asparagus
Asphodelus
Astelia[?]
Atamosco[?]
Bellevalia[?]
Bloomeria[?]
Bomarea[?]
Brodiaea[?]
Calochortus[?]
Camassia[?]
Chamaelirium[?]
Chionographis[?]
Chlorogalum[?]
Chlorophytum[?]
Clintonia[?]
Colchicum
Conanthera[?]
Convallaria - Lily of the valley
Cooperia[?]
Crinum[?]
Curculigo[?]
Cyclobothra[?]
Daiswa[?]
Dianella[?]
Disporum[?]
Drimia[?]
Drimiopsis[?]
Echeandia[?]
Eremurus[?]
Eriospermum[?]
Erythronium - Trout lily[?]
Eucharis[?]
Eucrosia[?]
Eustephia[?]
Fritillaria
Gagea[?]
Gloriosa[?]
Greenia[?]
Griffinia[?]
Habranthus[?]
Harperocallis[?]
Hastingsia[?]
Helonias[?]
Heloniopsis[?]
Hemerocallis[?] - Daylily[?]
Hemiphylacus[?]
Herreria[?]
Hesperanthes[?]
Hesperoscordum[?]
Hessea[?]
Hippeastrum[?]
Hookera[?]
Hymenocallis[?]
Hypoxis[?]
Ismene[?]
Jaimehintonia[?]
Johnsonia[?]
Laxmannia[?]
Lepidopharynx[?]
Leucocrinum[?]
Lilium - Lily
Liriope - Lilyturf[?]
Melanthium[?]
Metanarthecium[?]
Miersia[?]
Milla[?]
Molineria[?]
Muilla[?]
Narcissus - Jonquil, daffodil
Narthecium[?]
Nietneria[?]
Nomocharis[?]
Nothoscordum[?]
Odontostomum[?]
Ophiopogon[?]
Ornithogalum[?] - Star of Bethlehem[?]
Paris
Peliosanthes[?]
Phaedranassa[?]
Phalangium[?]
Polygonatum[?] - Solomons seal[?]
Prosartes[?]
Quamasia[?]
Roulinia[?]
Salomonia[?]
Schoenocaulon[?]
Scilla[?]
Scoliopus[?]
Selonia[?]
Smilacina[?] - False Solomons seal[?]
Stenanthium[?]
Streptopus[?]
Stropholirion[?]
Theropogon[?]
Tofieldia[?]
Tovaria[?]
Toxicoscordion[?]
Tracyanthus[?]
Tricyrtis[?]
Trillium - Trillium or wakerobin
Triteleia[?]
Tulbaghia[?]
Tulipa[?] - Tulip
Tupistra[?]
Unifolium[?]
Urceolina[?]
Vagnera[?]
Veratrum[?]
Wurmbea[?]
Xerophyllum[?]
Zephyranthes[?]
Zigadenus[?]
Zygadenus[?]

An orange lily
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The Liliaceae is an important family of monocotyledons that includes a great number of important ornamental flowers. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins, and flower parts in threes.

The family Smilacaceae was formerly included in the Liliaceae but now is segregated on several bases.

Naked Lily
(Lycoris radiata, L. squamigera).
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