Ixiolirion
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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][1] In earlier systems of classification, it was usually placed in the family Amaryllidaceae.
![Ixiolirion Tataricum in Behbahan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ixiolirion_Tataricum_in_Behbahan_II.jpg/640px-Ixiolirion_Tataricum_in_Behbahan_II.jpg)
![Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Central Iran](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Ixiolirion_Tataricum_in_Deserts_of_Central_Iran.jpg/640px-Ixiolirion_Tataricum_in_Deserts_of_Central_Iran.jpg)
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Ixiolirion | |
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Ixiolirion tataricum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Ixioliriaceae Nakai[1] |
Genus: | Ixiolirion Fisch. ex Herb.[2] |
Synonyms[3] | |
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![Ixiolirion Tataricum, Behbahan](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ixiolirion_Tataricum_in_Behbahan_I.jpg/640px-Ixiolirion_Tataricum_in_Behbahan_I.jpg)
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