The List of Liliaceae genera has been much reduced by modern molecular phylogenetic based taxonomy. The current taxonomy of Liliaceae treats the family Liliaceae as having three subfamilies, with the Liliodeae being further subdivided into two tribes, the Medeoleae and Lilieae. The family Liliaceae consists of fifteen genera and approximately 600 species in all.
List of genera by subfamilial divisions List of genera of family Liliaceae, arranged by Subfamilies and Tribes according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website and Angiosperm Phylogeny GroupSubfamily TribeGenusImageLilioideae Medeoleae (synonyms: Medeolaceae , Medeoloideae ) Clintonia - bead lilies Medeola - Indian cucumber-root Lilieae s.l. (synonyms: Erythroniaceae , Fritillariaceae , Liriaceae , Tulipaceae )(Some classifications place Tulipa and Erythronium into a separate tribe: Tulipeae with the remaining genera in Lilieae s.s.)| Amana Cardiocrinum - giant lilies Fritillaria – fritillary or mission bells Gagea (including Lloydia ) – yellow star-of-Bethlehem Lilium (including Nomocharis ) – lily Notholirion Tulipa – tulip Erythronium – trout lily Calochortoideae (synonyms: Calochortaceae , Compsoaceae , Tricyrtidaceae )Calochortus - mariposa, globe lilies Tricyrtis – toad lily Streptopoideae (synonym: Scoliopaceae )Prosartes – drops of gold Scoliopus – Fetid Adder's Tongue Streptopus – twistedstalk The situation with respect to Calochortoideae remains uncertain. Originally Calochortus and Tricyrtis were considered to be sister clades and placed together in subfamily Calochortoideae. Further study has not confirmed this and it has been proposed that Tricyrtis be placed in a separate subfamily.
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