Ixioliriaceae

<i>Ixiolirion</i>

Ixiolirion

Genus of flowering plants

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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, 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
  • Ixiolirion tataricum in Behbahan, Iran
  • Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Isfahan, Iran
  • Ixiolirion tataricum in Behbahan, Iran

References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    "Ixiolirion". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [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, hdl:10654/18083
  5. [5]
    Plowden, C. Chicheley (1972). A manual of plant names. Allen and Unwin. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-04-580008-7.
  6. [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. [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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