Schoenolirion
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
|name = Rush-lily
|image = Schoenolirion croceum.jpg
|image_caption = Schoenolirion croceum
|taxon = Schoenolirion
|authority = Durand{{Citation |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do |accessdate=2011-05-26 }}, search for "Schoenolirion"
|synonyms =
- Amblostima Raf.
- Oxytria Raf.
}}
Schoenolirion, rush-lily or sunnybell, is a genus of three recognized species of flowering plants, all endemic to the southeastern United States.[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Schoenolirion Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps] In the APG III classification system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae (formerly the family Agavaceae).{{Citation |last1=Chase |first1=M.W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}
Species
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Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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120px | Schoenolirion albiflorum (Raf.) R.R.Gates | Florida, Georgia, Alabama |
120px | Schoenolirion croceum (Michx.) Alph.Wood | from North Carolina to eastern Texas |
120px | Schoenolirion wrightii Sherman | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama |
References
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Category:Endemic flora of the United States
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