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Liliaceae

Called “lily family” in GBIF

The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous geophytes, often growing from bulbs although some have rhizomes. The leaves are linear in shape, with their veins usually arranged parallel to the edges, single and arranged alternating on the stem, or in a rosette at the base. The flowers are large with six colored or patterned petaloid tepals arranged in two whorls of three, six stamens and a superior ovary. The fruit can be a berry or capsule, with seeds dispersed by animals or wind, respectively.

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Plants in this family

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Genera in this family

Also here, with one plant each: Streptopus (White twisted-stalk), Lilium (Lily).

Research on Liliaceae

19 articles
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Why crossing different lily species so often fails to seed

The showy lily bulbs sold at garden centers are almost all hybrids, and this research explains th...

What science is finding about Liliaceae

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.

Why crossing different lily species so often fails to seed

The showy lily bulbs sold at garden centers are almost all hybrids, and this research explains the cellular chaos plant...

Lily crop-improvement / propagation

A collaborative strategy of multi-technology integration for mycotoxin risk assessment and early warning in edible and medicinal plants.

Job's tears grain and lily bulbs sold in herbal markets and health food stores were contaminated with harmful mold toxins in...

Lily medicinal-plants / food-safety

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 431 observations this week

Yellow trout lily carpets forest floors for just a few weeks each spring before vanishing entirely — catching its bloom window...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / native-plants

Camouflage via leaf mottling among North American Erythronium species increases with forest cover and deer abundance.

The spotted trout lilies carpeting your spring woodland floor are wearing camouflage refined by deer — forests with heavier...

Fawn Lily native-plants / herbivory

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 564 observations this week

Yellow trout lily carpeting a woodland floor in April is one of the earliest signs that spring pollinators have food available...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / spring-ephemerals

Extremely Fine-Scale Soil Heterogeneity in a Rare Serpentine Endemic Plant Shape Patterns of Genetic Diversity.

Protecting the patchwork of subtly different soils within a nature reserve or wild area may be just as critical to a rare...

Tiburon mariposa lily soil-health / conservation-genetics

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 1010 observations this week

Yellow trout lily carpets forest floors in early spring before trees leaf out, and right now is your best window to spot — or...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / citizen-science

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 619 observations this week

Yellow trout lily carpets woodland floors in early spring before tree canopies close, and if you walk through any eastern...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / citizen-science

Trending: giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) — 169 observations this week

If you walk wooded trails in Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia in spring, these striking white lilies carpeting the...

Giant White Fawn Lily phenology / citizen-science

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 1700 observations this week

Those cheerful yellow nodding flowers carpeting your local woodland floor in April are yellow trout lilies — and right now...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / citizen-science

giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) observed in Skagit County, WA, USA

Knowing exactly where giant white fawn lilies grow helps protect the shaded forest edges and moist woodlands they depend on —...

Giant White Fawn Lily citizen-science / native-wildflowers

Trending: giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) — 264 observations this week

Tracking bloom observations like these helps gardeners and conservationists understand whether spring wildflowers are shifting...

Giant White Fawn Lily phenology / native-wildflowers

Trending: yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) — 1312 observations this week

Yellow trout lily is a bellwether of spring in eastern forests — if you walk in a woodland park right now, you may be able to...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / citizen-science

giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) observed in Victoria, BC V8R 6K8, Canada

Giant white fawn lilies are native wildflowers that support early-season pollinators, and knowing where they grow helps...

Giant White Fawn Lily urban-ecology / native-plants

Trending: giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) — 193 observations this week

Tracking when and where wildflowers like giant white fawn lily bloom each year helps scientists spot shifts in spring timing...

Giant White Fawn Lily phenology / citizen-science

yellow trout lily (Erythronium americanum) observed in Aurora, OH, US

Yellow trout lily is a key early-spring wildflower that supports native pollinators emerging from winter, and spotting it in...

Yellow Trout Lily phenology / urban-ecology

Trending: giant white fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum) — 174 observations this week

Tracking when and where native wildflowers like giant white fawn lily bloom each year helps gardeners and conservationists...

Giant White Fawn Lily phenology / urban-ecology

White Globe Lily (Calochortus albus) observed in Tuolumne County, US-CA, US

White Globe Lily is a native California wildflower that supports local pollinators and represents the kind of delicate,...

White Globe Lily phenology / urban-ecology