Rush-lily
Schoenolirion croceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Schoenolirion
Durand[1]
Synonyms[1]

Schoenolirion, rush-lily[2] or sunnybell,[3] is a genus of three recognized species of flowering plants, all endemic to the southeastern United States.[1][2][4] In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).[5]

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Schoenolirion albiflorum (Raf.) R.R.GatesFlorida, Georgia, Alabama
Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Woodfrom North Carolina to eastern Texas
Schoenolirion wrightii ShermanTexas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama

References

  1. 1 2 3 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Schoenolirion"
  2. 1 2 "Schoenolirion", Flora of North America, Vol. 26, p. 312, retrieved 2014-12-17
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Schoenolirion". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  5. Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x


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