Family · Monocots
Ixioliriaceae
Siberian lily
Single genus Ixiolirion of bulbous steppe herbs from western and central Asia with blue funnel flowers.
- Accepted species
- 5accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈8 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD
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Where it grows
- Asia-Temperate5
- Asia-Tropical2
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Ixioliriaceae sits in the order Asparagales.
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