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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, naked lady
  • 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 - "Amaryllis"
  • Hookera
  • Hymenocallis - Peruvian daffodil
  • 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 wake-robin
  • Triteleia
  • Tulbaghia
  • Tulipa - Tulip
  • Tupistra
  • Unifolium
  • Urceolina
  • Vagnera
  • Veratrum
  • Wurmbea
  • Xerophyllum
  • Zephyranthes
  • Zigadenus
  • Zygadenus


An orange daylily

The Liliaceae, or the Lily Family, 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. Trilliaceae as well is now segregated by most taxonomists.


Naked or Resurrection Lily
(Lycoris squamigera).

The lily flower is used in heraldry. See: Fleur-de-lis.