Genus of flowering plants
Ixiolirion Tataricum, Behbahan
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 .
Ixiolirion Tataricum in Behbahan , Iran
Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Central Iran
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
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^ a b 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 .
^ a b 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 , hdl :10654/18083
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