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lily family
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lily family

Liliaceae

The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and about 705 known species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a fair amount of morphological diversity despite genetic similarity. Common characteristics include large flowers with parts arranged in threes: with six colored or patterned petaloid tepals (undifferentiated petals and sepals) arranged in two whorls, six stamens and a superior ovary....

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3 branches of this family, most-observed first

true lily subfamily

subfamilyLilioideae

mariposa and toad lilies

subfamilyCalochortoideae

fairybells, fetid adderstongues, and twistedstalks

subfamilyStreptopoideae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47328.