List of Liliaceae genera

The List of Liliaceae genera has been much reduced by modern molecular phylogenetic based taxonomy. The current taxonomy of Liliaceae treats the Liliaceae family as having three subfamilies, with the Liliodeae being further subdivided into two tribes, the Medeoleae and Lilieae. The Liliaceae family consists of fifteen genera and approximately 600 species in all.

List of genera by subfamilial divisions

List of genera of Liliaceae family, arranged by Subfamilies and Tribes according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website and Angiosperm Phylogeny Group^[1]

Subfamily	Tribe	Genus	Image
Lilioideae Eaton	Medeoleae Benth. (synonyms: Medeolaceae Takht., Medeoloideae Benth.)	Clintonia Raf. - bead lilies	Clintonia borealis
		Medeola Gronov. ex L. - Indian cucumber-root	Medeola virginiana
	Lilieae s.l. Ritgen (synonyms: Erythroniaceae Martinov, Fritillariaceae Salisb., Liriaceae Borkh., Tulipaceae Borkh.) (Some classifications place Tulipa and Erythronium into a separate tribe: Tulipeae with the remaining genera in Lilieae s.s.)[2]	Cardiocrinum (Endl.) Lindl. - giant lilies	Cardiocrinum giganteum
		Fritillaria Tourn. ex L. – fritillary or mission bells	Fritillaria crassifolia
		Gagea Salisb. (including Lloydia Salisb. ex Rchb.) – yellow star-of-Bethlehem	Gagea lutea
		Lilium Tourn. ex L. – lily	Lilium candidum
		Nomocharis Franch.	Nomocharis aperta
		Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss.	Notholirion macrophyllum
		Tulipa L. (including Amana Honda) – tulip	Tulipa aucheriana
		Erythronium L. – trout lily	Erythronium sibiricum
Calochortoideae Dumort. (synonyms: Calochortaceae Dumort., Compsoaceae Horan., nom. illeg., Tricyrtidaceae Takht., nom. cons.)		Calochortus Pursh - mariposa, globe lilies	Calochortus catalinae
		Tricyrtis Wall. – toad lily	Tricyrtis hirta
Streptopoideae (synonym: Scoliopaceae Takht.)		Prosartes D.Don – drops of gold	Prosartes hookeri
		Scoliopus Torr. – Fetid Adder's Tongue	Scoliopus bigelovii
		Streptopus Michx. – twistedstalk	Streptopus lanceolatus
The situation with respect to Calochortoideae remains uncertain. Originally Calochortus and Tricyrtis were considered to be sister clades and placed together in subfamily Calochortoideae. Further study has not confirmed this and it has been proposed that Tricyrtis be placed in a separate subfamily.[3]

References

1. Stevens 2015, Liliaceae.
2. Peruzzi, Leitch & Caparelli 2009.
3. Kim et al. 2013a.

Bibliography

• Stevens, P.F. (2015) [1st. Pub. 2001], Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 13 April 2015
• Peruzzi, L.; Leitch, I.J.; Caparelli, K.F. (2009). "Chromosome diversity and evolution in Liliaceae". Annals of Botany. 103 (3): 459–475. doi:10.1093/aob/mcn230. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
• Kim, Jung Sung; Hong, Jeong-Ki; Chase, Mark W.; Fay, Michael F.; Kim, Joo-Hwan (May 2013). "Familial relationships of the monocot order Liliales based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis using four plastid loci: matK, rbcL, atpB and atpF-H". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (1): 5–21. doi:10.1111/boj.12039.