Other prominent monocot families include Liliaceae (lilies), Arecaceae (palms), and Iridaceae (irises).
Tulip (genus Tulipa), any of a group of cultivated bulbous herbs in the family Liliaceae.
The sepals and petals are usually undifferentiated (tepals) and sometimes variegated (Fritillaria, in family Liliaceae).
Based primarily upon molecular data, the taxa that were formerly included within Liliidae, Liliales, and Liliaceae have now been divided between three main orders of monocotyledons: Liliales, Asparagales, and Dioscoreales.
In the lily family (Liliaceae), generally accepted as a primitive family of monocotyledons, the cotyledon is derived from an octad of cells arising from the terminal cell.
Fritillary, any ornamental plant of the genus Fritillaria of the family Liliaceae, consisting of about 80 species of bulbous, mostly perennial herbs, native primarily to the North Temperate Zone.
The flowers within Liliales are variable, ranging from the small, green, actinomorphic flowers of Smilax to the large and showy blooms of Lilium (lily, family Liliaceae), Tulipa (tulip, family Liliaceae), Calochortus (mariposa lily, family Liliaceae), and Lapageria (family Philesiaceae).
Liliaceae is now restricted to 16 genera and 635 species, but it is still the largest family in Liliales.
Sarsaparilla, aromatic flavouring agent made from the roots of several tropical vines belonging to the Smilax genus of the lily family (Liliaceae).
