Liliaceae
(THE LILY FAMILY)
Biota of North America Program
Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group
see the U.S. Checklist for an updated version of this system
Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1996.
Revision: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
The Biota of North America Program
of the North Carolina Botanical Garden . This listing features updates (1996)
of BONAP nomenclature, use of common names derived from BONAP data,
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on endangered/threatened taxa, and information on
Texas taxa taken from a database developed from Stephan L. Hatch, Kancheepuram N. Gandhi, and Larry E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the
Vascular Plants of Texas (now in the process of data proofing and 'refining' data merger procedures).
Select a Genus name to query the database:
Aletris L. - COLICROOT
Allium L. - GARLIC, ONION, AND WILD LEEK
Amaryllis L. - BELLADONNA-LILY
Asparagus L. - ASPARAGUS-FERN
Astelia Banks & Soland. ex R. Br. - PINEAPPLE-GRASS
Bloomeria Kellogg - GOLDENSTARS
Brodiaea Sm. - CLUSTER-LILY
Chionodoxa Boiss. - GLORY-OF-THE-SNOW
Chlorophytum Ker-Gawl. - BRACKETPLANT
Clintonia Raf. - BLUEBEAD-LILY
Colchicum L. - AUTUMN-CROCUS
Convallaria L. - LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY
Cooperia Herbert - RAIN-LILY
Crinum L. - SWAMP-LILY
Curculigo Gaertn. - PALM-GRASS
Dianella Lam. - FLAX-LILY
Disporum Salisb. ex D. Don - FAIRYBELLS
Echeandia Ortega - CRAG-LILY
Eremocrinum M.E. Jones - LONELY-LILY
Erythronium L. - FAWN-LILY AND TROUT-LILY
Eucharis Planch. & Linden - AMAZON-LILY
Habranthus Herbert - COPPER-LILY
Harperocallis McDaniel - HARPER'S-BEAUTY
Hastingsia S. Wats. - RUSH-LILY
Hippeastrum Herbert - BARBADOS-LILY
Hosta Tratt. - PLANTAIN-LILY
Hypoxis L. - YELLOW STAR-GRASS
Ipheion Raf. - SPRINGSTAR
Kniphofia Moench - RED-HOT-POKER
Leucocrinum Nutt. ex Gray - STAR-LILY
Liriope Lour. - LILYTURF
Lloydia Salisb. ex Reichenb. - ALP-LILY
Lophiola Ker-Gawl. - GOLDENCREST
Lycoris Herbert - MAGIC-LILY
Maianthemum G.H. Weber ex Wiggers - FALSE SOLOMON'S-SEAL
Medeola L. - CUCUMBER-ROOT
Milla Cav. - MEXICAN-STAR
Muilla S. Wats. ex Benth. - GOLDENSTAR AND MUILLA
Muscari P. Mill. - GRAPE-HYACINTH
Narcissus L. - DAFFODIL AND JONQUIL
Nothoscordum Kunth - CROWPOISON AND FALSE GARLIC
Ophiopogon Ker-Gawl. - SNAKEBEARD
Ornithogalum L. - FALSE SEA-ONION AND STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM
Pancratium L. - FALSE SPIDER-LILY
Pleea Michx. - RUSH-FEATHERLING
Polygonatum P. Mill. - SOLOMON'S-SEAL
Scoliopus Torr. - FETID-ADDER'S-TONGUE
Stenanthium (Gray) Kunth - FEATHERBELLS
Streptopus Michx. - TWISTEDSTALK
Tofieldia Huds. - FALSE ASPHODEL
Tricyrtis Wallich - TOAD-LILY
Triteleia Dougl. ex Lindl. - TRIPLET-LILY
Veratrum L. - FALSE HELLEBORE
Zigadenus Michx. - DEATHCAMAS
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This page, machine-generated using the program bonout3a.ipf,
is an experimental product of collaborative research involving the
Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group and the
Biota of North America Program. Comments/corrections can be sent to
BONAP for nomenclatural matters or, for web-related items, the TAMUBIWG.
All distribution/diversity mapping used by this system was developed by Erich Schneider of the
Texas A&M Center for the Study of Digital Libraries. Last updated on: 10/20/98