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LILIID MONOCOT GENUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("liliid monocot genus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liliid monocot genus"):
genus Veratrum; Veratrum (a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae)
genus Narthecium; Narthecium (bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
genus Ruscus; Ruscus (a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)
genus Urginea; Urginea (Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)
genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
genus Scilla (sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)
genus Muscari; Muscari; genus Ornithogalum; Ornithogalum (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)
genus Hyacinthoides; Hyacinthoides (small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)
genus Hyacinthus (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus)
Funka; genus Funka; genus Hosta; Hosta (robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae)
genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallis (east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae)
genus Gloriosa (sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily)
Colchicum; genus Colchicum (chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae)
genus Tulipa; Tulipa (Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs)
Fritillaria; genus Fritillaria (fritillary)
Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)
Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)
genus Yucca (tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)
genus Sansevieria (Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae)
genus Polianthes; Polianthes (genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae)
genus Nolina; Nolina (perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico)
genus Dracaena (Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae)
Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)
genus Agave (type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)
genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)
genus Uvularia; Uvularia (genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States)
genus Polygonatum; Polygonatum (sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae)
genus Maianthemum; Maianthemum (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley)
genus Liriope; Liriope (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf)
genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)
Convallaria; genus Convallaria (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley)
genus Smilax; Smilax (sometimes placed in Smilacaceae)
genus Trillium (deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae)
genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
genus Xanthorroea; Xanthorroea (grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae)
genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum (small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
genus Albuca (genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)
genus Agapanthus (small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae)
genus Lilium; Lilium (type genus of Liliaceae)
genus Hypoxis; Hypoxis (small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass)
genus Strekelia; Strekelia (a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family)
genus Narcissus (Old World perennial bulbous herbs)
genus Hippeastrum (bulbous flowering plants of tropical America)
genus Haemanthus; Haemanthus (genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies)
Bomarea; genus Bomarea (large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae)
genus Amaryllis (type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa)
genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis (deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa)
genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium (chiefly North American grasslike herbs)
genus Ixia; Ixia (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)
genus Gladiolus (gladiolas)
genus Freesia (cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa)
genus Crocus; Belamcanda; genus Belamcanda (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)
genus Iris (large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes)
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
genus Brodiaea (genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)
Bowiea; genus Bowiea (small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)
Bloomeria; genus Bloomeria (small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)
Blandfordia; genus Blandfordia (small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs)
Bessera; genus Bessera (small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)
genus Aspidistra (genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae)
Asphodelus; genus Asphodelus (small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)
Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)
genus Asparagus (large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)
Aphyllanthes; genus Aphyllanthes (one species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae)
Anthericum; genus Anthericum (genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)
Amianthum; genus Amianthum (one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
genus Alstroemeria (genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae)
genus Kniphofia (genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae)
genus Aloe (large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae)
Allium; genus Allium (large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus)
Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)
Holonyms ("liliid monocot genus" is a member of...):
Liliidae; subclass Liliidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae)
