MONOCOTS: LILIOIDS |
Survey of Monocots: "Lilioids" - see APGII phylogeny
Terrestrial or epiphytic
Nectaries and thus zoophilous
Tepals +/-
Uniaperturate or inaperturateProblems with Cronquist's subclass Liliidae
Problems with retaining Liliaceae senus latoOrder Liliales
Liliaceae (lily family)
Lilium michiganense (Turk's cap lily)
Medeola virginica (Indian cucumber root)
Clintonia borealis (bead lily)
Erythronium americanum (yellow trout lily, fawn lily)
Erythronium albidum (white trout lily, fawn lily)
Tulipa (tulip)
Calochortus (sego lily, mariposa lily)
Streptopus (twisted stalk)
ProsartesSmilacaceae (carrion flower or catbriar family)
Smilax herbacea [including S. lasioneura] (carrion flower)
Melanthiaceae (Liliaceae in other treatments)
Trillium flexipes (declined trillium) [text places in Trilliaceae]
Trillium grandiflorum (large-flowered trillium)
Zygadenus elegans (=glaucus ) (death camas)Colchicaceae (Liliaceae in other treatments)[text places in "Uvulariaceae"]
Uvularia grandiflora (bellwort, merrybells)
Disporum (fairy bells)Order Asparagales
Asparagaceae (Liliaceae in other treatments)
Asparagus officinalis (wild asparagus)
Maianthemum canadense (wild lily of the valley)
Polygonatum pubescens (Solomon's seal)
Smilacina stellata (starry false Solomon's seal)
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Dracaena (dragon plant)
Sanseviera
Agave (agave or century plant)
Yucca (yucca)
Scilla sibirica (English bluebells)
Muscari (grape hyacinth)Alliaceae (Liliaceae or Amaryllidaceae in other treatments)
Allium cernuum (nodding wild onion)
Narcissus (daffodil)
Hymenocallis (spider lily)Xanthorrhoeaceae (Liliaceae or Aloeaceae in other treatments)
Aloe (aloe)
Hemerocallis (day lily)
Xanthorrohoea (grass tree)Iridaceae -- iris family
Leaves basal and equitant
Tepals 6, showy
Stamens 3
3 fused carpels, inferiorIris virginica (= I. shrevei) (blue flag, iris)
Iris versicolor (blue flag)
Iris lacustris (dwarf lake iris) [threatened]
Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (blue-eyed grass)
Crocus vernuus (spring crocus)
Gladiolus (gladiolas)Hypoxidaceae [previously in Amaryllidaceae]
Hypoxis hirsuta (starflower)
(see next lecture)
