Ixiolirion Explained

Ixiolirion is a genus of flowering plants native to central and southwest Asia, first described as a genus in 1821.^[1] Recent classifications place the group in the monogeneric family Ixioliriaceae in the order Asparagales of the monocots.^[2] In earlier systems of classification, it was usually placed in the family Amaryllidaceae.The genus name – composed of Ixio- and Latin: [[wikt:λείριον|lirion]] ('lily') – means Ixia-like lily'.^{[3] [4]}

There are four species in this genus and family^[5]

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

External links

• Ixioliriaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=279441 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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. 0024-4074. 10.1111/boj.12385. free.
3. Book: Plowden, C. Chicheley. A manual of plant names. registration. 1972. Allen and Unwin. 978-0-04-580008-7. 55.
4. Book: Smith, A. W.. A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins. 2013. Dover Publications. 978-0-486-32005-2. 200.
5. Christenhusz, M. J. M. . Byng, J. W. . 2016 . The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase . Phytotaxa . 261 . 201–217 . 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 . 3 . free .