Liliales

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Liliales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Liliales
Families
Alstroemeriaceae Calochortaceae Campynemataceae Colchicaceae Corsiaceae Liliaceae Luzuriagaceae Melanthiaceae Philesiaceae Ripogonaceae Smilacaceae

An order of monocots that includes the lily family (Liliaceae). Once a wide variety of forms were placed here, but since then the group has been divided up, with the various families being moved to other orders and creating two new ones, the Dioscoreales and Asparagales. Many genera formerly classified in Liliaceae were assigned to new families. The APG II Classification System (created by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group) identifies eleven families in order Liliales:

• Alstroemeriaceae
• Calochortaceae
• Campynemataceae
• Colchicaceae
• Corsiaceae
• Liliaceae
• Luzuriagaceae
• Melanthiaceae (incl. Trilliaceae)
• Philesiaceae
• Ripogonaceae
• Smilacaceae

The APG Classification System is widely recognized by botanists, but other classification systems are in use as well.

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Liliales" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliales, used under the GNU Free Documentation License