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 family Liliaceae as having three subfamilies, with the Liliodeae being further subdivided into two tribes, the Medeoleae and Lilieae. The family Liliaceae consists of fifteen genera and approximately 600 species in all.

List of genera by subfamilial divisions

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

Subfamily	Tribe	Genus	Image
Lilioideae Eaton	Medeoleae Benth. (synonyms: Medeolaceae Takht., Medeoloideae Benth.)	Clintonia Raf. - bead lilies	Flowers of Clintonia, an example of Medeolae Clintonia borealis
		Medeola Gronov. ex L. - Indian cucumber-root	File:Medeola virginiana two tiered.jpg 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.)	Cardiocrinum (Endl.) Lindl. - giant lilies	File:Cardiochrinum giganteum 01Hab China Sichuan Danyun Schlucht 16 06 04.jpg Cardiocrinum giganteum
		Fritillaria Tourn. ex L. – fritillary or mission bells	File:Fritillaria crassifolia.JPG Fritillaria crassifolia
		Gagea Salisb. (including Lloydia Salisb. ex Rchb.) – yellow star-of-Bethlehem	File:Gagea whole plant.jpg Gagea lutea
		Lilium Tourn. ex L. – lily	File:Lilium candidum 1.jpg Lilium candidum
		Nomocharis Franch.	Flower of Nomocharis, an example of Lilieae Nomocharis aperta
		Notholirion Wall. ex Boiss.	File:Notholirion macrophyllum CBM.png Notholirion macrophyllum
		Tulipa L. (including Amana Honda) – tulip	File:Tulipa aucheriana 240408.jpg Tulipa aucheriana
		Erythronium L. – trout lily	File:Erythronium sibiricum.JPG Erythronium sibiricum
Calochortoideae Dumort. (synonyms: Calochortaceae Dumort., Compsoaceae Horan., nom. illeg., Tricyrtidaceae Takht., nom. cons.)		Calochortus Pursh - mariposa, globe lilies	Flower of Calochortus, an example of Calochortoideae Calochortus catalinae
		Tricyrtis Wall. – toad lily	File:Tricyrtis hirta - blossom top (aka).jpg Tricyrtis hirta
Streptopoideae (synonym: Scoliopaceae Takht.)		Prosartes D.Don – drops of gold	File:Prosartes hookeri 2699.JPG Prosartes hookeri
		Scoliopus Torr. – Fetid Adder's Tongue	File:Scoliopus biglovii-2.jpg Scoliopus bigelovii
		Streptopus Michx. – twistedstalk	Flowers of Streptopus, an example of Streptopoideae 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.

Bibliography

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