Schoenolirion, rush-lily[2] or sunnybell,[3] is a genus of three recognized species of flowering plants, all endemic to the southeastern United States.[1][2][4] In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).[5]

Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
Schoenolirion albiflorum (Raf.) R.R.Gates Florida, Georgia, Alabama
Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood from North Carolina to eastern Texas
Schoenolirion wrightii Sherman Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama

References

  1. ^ a b c World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Schoenolirion"
  2. ^ a b "Schoenolirion", Flora of North America, Vol. 26, p. 312, retrieved 2014-12-17
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Schoenolirion". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  5. ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x