Ixiolirion
Ixiolirion tataricum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Ixioliriaceae
Nakai[1]
Genus: Ixiolirion
Fisch. ex Herb.[2]
Synonyms[3]

Kolpakowskia Regel

Ixiolirion Tataricum, Behbahan
Ixiolirion Tataricum, Behbahan

Ixiolirion is a genus of flowering plants native to central and southwest Asia, first described as a genus in 1821.[3] Recent classifications place the group in the monogeneric family Ixioliriaceae in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[4][1] In earlier systems of classification, it was usually placed in the family Amaryllidaceae.

Ixiolirion Tataricum in Behbahan
Ixiolirion Tataricum in Behbahan, Iran
Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Central Iran
Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Central Iran

The genus name – composed of Ixio- and lirion ('lily') – means 'Ixia-like lily'.[5][6]

There are four species in this genus and family[7]
  1. Ixiolirion ferganicum Kovalevsk. & Vved. - Kyrgyzstan
  2. Ixiolirion karateginum Lipsky - Pakistan, Tajikistan
  3. Ixiolirion songaricum P.Yan - Xinjiang
  4. Ixiolirion tataricum (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f. - Altai Krai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Kashmir, Xinjiang

References

  1. 1 2 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.
  2. ↑ "Ixiolirion". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
  5. ↑ Plowden, C. Chicheley (1972). A manual of plant names. Allen and Unwin. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-04-580008-7.
  6. ↑ Smith, A. W. (2013). A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins. Dover Publications. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-486-32005-2.
  7. ↑ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
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