Ixiolirion is a genus of flowering plants native to central and southwest Asia, first described as a genus in 1821.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Recent classifications place the group in the monogeneric family Ixioliriaceae in the order Asparagales of the monocots. In earlier systems of classification, it was usually placed in the family Amaryllidaceae.
The genus name – composed of Ixio- and ('lily') – means 'Ixia-like lily'.
There are four species in this genus and family 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
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External links Ixioliriaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com NCBI Taxonomy Browser links at CSDL, Texas