Ixiolirion

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Ixioliriaceae
Genus: Ixiolirion
Species: I. ferganicum – I. karateginum – I. songaricum –
I. tataricumName

Ixiolirion Fisch. ex Herb., Appendix: 37 (1821)

Type species: Not designated.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Kolpakowskia Regel

References

Fischer, F.E.L. von (1821) Botanical Register, An Appendix: 37.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Ixiolirion in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Mar. 25. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Ixiolirion. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Mar. 25.

Vernacular names
suomi: Liiriat

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][2] In earlier systems of classification, it was usually placed in the family Amaryllidaceae.

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]

Ixiolirion ferganicum Kovalevsk. & Vved. - Kyrgyzstan
Ixiolirion karateginum Lipsky - Pakistan, Tajikistan
Ixiolirion songaricum P.Yan - Xinjiang
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

"Ixiolirion". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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
Plowden, C. Chicheley (1972). A manual of plant names. Allen and Unwin. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-04-580008-7.
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.
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.