#family_Liliaceae__Liliaceae__lily_family  includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
  supertype:  liliid_monocot_family  family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
  member of:  order_Liliales
  member:  liliaceous_plant  plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
  member:  genus_Lilium__Lilium  type genus of Liliaceae
     member:  lily  any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
     member:  mountain_lily__Lilium_auratum  golden-rayed lily of Japan
  member:  genus_Agapanthus  small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae
     member:  agapanthus__lily_of_the_Nile  any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
     member:  blue_African_lily__African_lily__African_tulip__Agapanthus_africanus  African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  member:  genus_Albuca  genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
     member:  albuca  any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
  member:  genus_Aletris__Aletris  small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
     member:  colicroot__colic_root__colicroot__crow_corn__star_grass__unicorn_root__unicornroot  any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
     member:  ague_root__ague_grass__Aletris_farinosa  colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
     member:  yellow_colicroot__Aletris_aurea  colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
  member:  family_Alliaceae__Alliaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
  member:  genus_Allium__Allium  large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
     member:  alliaceous_plant  bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
     member:  wild_onion  any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
     member:  Hooker's_onion__Allium_acuminatum  a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
  member:  family_Aloeaceae__Aloeaceae__aloe_family  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  genus_Aloe  large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae
     member:  aloe  succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
  member:  genus_Kniphofia  genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae
     member:  kniphofia__tritoma__flameflower  a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
  member:  family_Alstroemeriaceae__Alstroemeriaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae
  member:  genus_Alstroemeria  genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae
     member:  alstroemeria  any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
     member:  Peruvian_lily__lily_of_the_Incas__Alstroemeria_pelegrina  an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lilylike flowers
  member:  genus_Amianthum__Amianthum  1 species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
     member:  fly_poison__flypoison__Amianthum_muscaetoxicum__Amianthum_muscitoxicum  all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
  member:  genus_Anthericum__Anthericum  genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
     member:  Saint-Bernard's-lily__Anthericum_liliago  southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
     member:  amber_lily__amberlily__Anthericum_torreyi  plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
  member:  family_Aphyllanthaceae__Aphyllanthaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
  member:  genus_Aphyllanthes__Aphyllanthes  1 species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae
  member:  family_Asparagaceae__Asparagaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
  member:  genus_Asparagus  large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
     member:  edible_asparagus__asparagus__asparagu__Asparagus_officinales  plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
     member:  asparagus_fern__asparagusfern__Asparagus_setaceous__Asparagus_plumosus  a fernlike plant native to South Africa
     member:  smilax__Asparagus_asparagoides  fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
  member:  family_Asphodelaceae__Asphodelaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
  member:  asphodel  any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
  member:  genus_Asphodeline__Asphodeline  genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
     member:  Jacob's_rod  asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
     member:  king's_spear__yellow_asphodel__Asphodeline_lutea  asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
  member:  genus_Asphodelus__Asphodelus  small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
  member:  genus_Aspidistra  genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae
     member:  aspidistra__cast-iron_plant__bar-room_plant__Aspidistra_elatio  evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
  member:  genus_Bessera__Bessera  small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
     member:  coral_drops__coraldrop__Bessera_elegans  half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
  member:  genus_Blandfordia__Blandfordia  small species of tuberous-rooted Australian perennial herbs
     member:  Christmas_bells  any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
  member:  genus_Bloomeria__Bloomeria  small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
     member:  golden_star__golden_stars__Bloomeria_crocea  California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
  member:  genus_Bowiea__Bowiea  small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
     member:  climbing_onion__Bowiea_volubilis  much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large above-ground bulbs
  member:  genus_Brodiaea  genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
     member:  brodiaea  any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
     member:  elegant_brodiaea__elegantbrodiaea__Brodiaea_elegans  brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
  member:  genus_Calochortus__Calochortus  large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
     member:  mariposa_tulip__mariposa__mariposa_lily  any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
     member:  globe_lily__globelily__fairy_lantern__fairylantern  any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
     member:  cat's-ear__cat'sear  any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
     member:  white_globe_lily__whiteglobelily__white_fairy_lantern__whitefairylantern__Calochortus_albus  globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
     member:  yellow_globe_lily__golden_fairy_lantern__Calochortus_amabilis  globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
     member:  rose_globe_lily__Calochortus_amoenus  globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
     member:  star_tulip__elegant_cat's_ears__Calochortus_elegans  small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
     member:  desert_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_kennedyi  mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
     member:  yellow_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_luteus  mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
     member:  sagebrush_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_macrocarpus  mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
  member:  genus_Camassia__Camassia__Quamassia__genus_Quamassia  genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
     member:  camas__cama__camass__quamash__camash  any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
     member:  common_camas__Camassia_quamash  plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
     member:  Leichtlin's_camas__Camassia_leichtlinii  west of Cascade Mountains
     member:  indigo_squill__wild_hyacinth__Camassia_scilloides  eastern camas; eastern and central North America
  member:  genus_Erythronium__Erythronium  perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
     member:  dogtooth_violet__dogtooth__dog's-tooth_violet__dog'stoothviolet  perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
     member:  avalanche_lily__avalanchelily__Erythronium_montanum  perennial herb having large white orange-marked flowers; found near snow line in northwestern United States
  member:  genus_Fritillaria__Fritillaria  fritillary
     member:  checkered_lily__checkeredlily__fritillary  any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
  member:  genus_Tulipa__Tulipa  Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
     member:  tulip  any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
  member:  family_Colchicaceae__Colchicaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa
  member:  genus_Colchicum__Colchicum  chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae
     member:  autumn_crocus__meadow_saffron__naked_lady__nakedlady__Colchicum_autumnale  bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
  member:  genus_Gloriosa  sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily
     member:  gloriosa__glory_lily__glorylily__climbing_lily__creeping_lily__Gloriosa_superba  any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
  member:  family_Hemerocallidaceae__Hemerocallidaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis
  member:  genus_Hemerocallis__Hemerocallis  east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
     member:  day_lily__daylily  any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lilylike flowers that bloom for only a day
     member:  lemon_lily__lemonlily__Hemerocallis_lilio-asphodelus__Hemerocallis_flava  a day lily with yellow flowers
  member:  family_Hostaceae__Hostaceae__Funkaceae__family_Funkaceae  one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
  member:  genus_Hosta__Hosta__Funka__genus_Funka  robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
     member:  plantain_lily__day_lily__daylily  any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
  member:  family_Hyacinthaceae__Hyacinthaceae  one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  genus_Hyacinthus  sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus
     member:  hyacinth  any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
  member:  genus_Hyacinthoides__Hyacinthoides  small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
     member:  wild_hyacinth__wood_hyacinth__bluebell__harebell__Hyacinthoides_nonscripta__Scilla_nonscripta  sometimes placed in genus Scilla
  member:  genus_Ornithogalum__Ornithogalum  sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
     member:  star-of-Bethlehem__starofbethlehem  any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
  member:  genus_Muscari__Muscari  sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
     member:  grape_hyacinth__grapehyacinth  any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
  member:  genus_Scilla  sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
     member:  scilla__squill  an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
  member:  genus_Tofieldia__Tofieldia  genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
     member:  false_asphodel__falseasphodel  a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
     member:  Scotch_asphodel__Tofieldia_pusilla  false asphodel having spikes of white or white-green flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
  member:  genus_Urginea__Urginea  Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
     member:  sea_squill__seasquill__sea_onion__seaonion__squill__Urginea_maritima  having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
  member:  genus_Ruscus__Ruscus  a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
     member:  butcher's_broom__Ruscus_aculeatus  shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
  member:  family_Melanthiaceae__Melanthiaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum
  member:  genus_Narthecium__Narthecium  bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
     member:  bog_asphodel__bogasphodel  either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
  member:  genus_Veratrum__Veratrum  a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
     member:  false_hellebore__falsehellebore__hellebore  perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
  member:  family_Ruscaceae__Ruscaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  family_Tecophilaeacea__Tecophilaeacea  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  genus_Xerophyllum__Xerophyllum  small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
     member:  squaw_grass__squawgras__bear_grass__Xerophyllum_tenax  plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
  member:  family_Xanthorrhoeaceae__Xanthorrhoeaceae__grass_tree_family  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  genus_Xanthorroea__Xanthorroea  grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae
     member:  Australian_grass_tree__grass_tree__grasstree  any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
  member:  genus_Zigadenus__Zigadenus  genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
     member:  death_camas__zigadene  any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
     member:  alkali_grass__Zigadenus_elegans  plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
     member:  white_camas__Zigadenus_glaucus  plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
     member:  poison_camas__Zigadenus_nuttalli  a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
     member:  grassy_death_camas__Zigadenus_venenosus__Zigadenus_venenosus_gramineus  plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
  member:  genus_Paris__Paris  sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae
     member:  herb_Paris__Paris_quadrifolia  European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
  member:  subfamily_Smilacaceae__Smilacaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  genus_Smilax__Smilax  sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
     member:  sarsaparilla.vine  any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
     member:  bullbrier__greenbrier__catbrier__horsebrier__brier__briar__Smilax_rotundifolia  a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
  member:  family_Convallariaceae__Convallariaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
  member:  genus_Convallaria__Convallaria  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley
     member:  lily_of_the_valley__lilies_of_the_valley__May_lily__Convallaria_majalis  low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
  member:  genus_Clintonia  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
     member:  clintonia__Clinton's_lily  any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
     member:  red_Clintonia__Andrew's_clintonia__Clintonia_andrewsiana  plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by an umbellike cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
     member:  yellow_clintonia__heal_all__Clintonia_borealis  common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
     member:  queen's_cup__queen'scup__bride's_bonnet__bride'sbonnet__Clintonia_uniflora  plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
  member:  genus_Liriope__Liriope  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf
     member:  lilyturf__lily_turf__Liriope_muscari  Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
  member:  genus_Maianthemum__Maianthemum  sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
     member:  Maianthemum_canadense__false_lily_of_the_valley  small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
     member:  false_lily_of_the_valley__Maianthemum_bifolium  small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
  member:  genus_Polygonatum__Polygonatum  sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae
     member:  Solomon's-seal  any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal
  member:  subfamily_Uvulariaceae__Uvulariaceae  one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
     member:  genus_Uvularia__Uvularia  genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
        member:  bellwort__merry_bells__merrybell__wild_oats  any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
        member:  cornflower__strawflower__Uvularia_grandiflora  plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried

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