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Liliaceae
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liliaceae
Translingual
Etymology
mul Lilium aceae
Proper noun
family order Liliales lilies and related plants
Usage notes
Formerly a wastebasket taxon, including may monocot plants with a showy flower, six colorful tepals, and six stamens in hundreds of genera. Onions and garlic were moved to Amaryllidaceae family and agaves to Asparagaceae family, both families in Asparagales order.
Hypernyms
family , monocots clade clades; Liliales order order
Hyponyms
family Calochortoideae subfamily, Lilioideae subfamily, Medeoloideae subfamily, Streptopoideae subfamily subfamilies
References
42000374 1
Liliales 1
mul Lily family plants