Botanical family · Liliales
Liliaceae
Lily Family
31 species in this family
The lily family in the traditional broad sense — now split into many families, but often used for bulbous monocots with showy 6-tepalled flowers. Includes true lilies (Lilium), tulips (Tulipa), and many ornamental bulb plants. Most grow from bulbs, corms, or rhizomes in temperate regions.
- 6 free tepals (3+3), often large and showy
- Bulb, corm, or rhizome storage organ
- Superior 3-locular ovary; capsule or berry fruit
Species in LILIACEAE
- Asparagus, Wild asparagusAsparagus racemosus
- safed musliChlorophytum borivilianum
- Scaly-Stem ChlorophytumChlorophytum glaucum
- Hill ChlorophytumChlorophytum heynei
- Indian ChlorophytumChlorophytum indicum
- Malabar ChlorophytumChlorophytum malabaricum
- Lax-Flowered ChlorophytumChlorophytum nimmonii
- Edible ChlorophytumChlorophytum tuberosum
- cerulean flax-lilyDianella ensifolia
- Konkan DipcadiDipcadi concanense
- Mountain DipcadiDipcadi montanum
- Ursula's DipcadiDipcadi ursulae
- Chinese Fairy BellsDisporum cantoniense
- Secret Night SquillDrimia indica
- Razi's SquillDrimia razii
- Malabar Glory Lily, Tiger Claw Lily, Glorious Lily, Climbing lilyGloriosa superba
- Orange DaylilyHemerocallis fulva
- orange day-lilyHemerocallis lilioasphodelus
- Indian Grass LilyIphigenia indica
- Star Grass LilyIphigenia stellata
- common African hyacinthLedebouria revoluta
- The Nilgir lillyLilium wallichianum var. neilgherrense
- Himalayan Lily TurfOphiopogon intermedius
- Ribbon Grass, Silver Ribbon Grass, Green Ribbon GrassOphiopogon jaburan
- Dwarf Lily-turfOphiopogon japonicus
- Blueberry Dark-FlowerPeliosanthes teta
- Garden TulipTulipa gesneriana
- Asparagus gonoclados
- Chlorophytum bharuchae
- Chlorophytum breviscapum
- Chlorophytum glaucoides
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