| Rush-lily | |
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| Schoenolirion croceum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Schoenolirion Durand |
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Schoenolirion, rush-lily or sunnybell, is a genus of three recognized species of flowering plants, all endemic to the southeastern United States. In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Schoenolirion albiflorum (Raf.) R.R.Gates | Florida, Georgia, Alabama |
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Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood | from North Carolina to eastern Texas |
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Schoenolirion wrightii Sherman | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama |
References
- ^ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Schoenolirion"
- ^ "Schoenolirion", Flora of North America, Vol. 26, p. 312, retrieved 2014-12-17
- NRCS. "Schoenolirion". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
- 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
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