Formerly classified as Liliaceae, but more recently placed in the new family Agavaceae - are found in the southwestern (and, to some extent, southeastern) United States, Mexico and the West Indies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference

Formerly classified as Liliaceae, but more recently placed in the new family Agavaceae - are found in the southwestern (and, to some extent, southeastern) United States, Mexico, and the West Indies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference

Albuca spiralis, belonging to the Liliaceae family, are bulbed plants with spiral leaves.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Garlic (Allium sativum), a member of the Liliaceae (Lily) Family, helps one be more resistant to infection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brigitte Mars: 7 Herbs And Spices That Warm You Up] Reference

This growth form is found extensively throughout the families Aizoaceae, Crassulaceae, Liliaceae, and Euphorbiaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Succulent Karoo] Reference

(Liliaceae) polyembryony results from an adventitious production of embryos from the cells of the nucellus around the top of the embryo-sac.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference

The major botanical families tend to be named for a distinguished, familiar plant: The rose rules the Roseaceae, the lily the Liliaceae, the aster the Asteraceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oregano, basil and other members of the mint family dominate the herb garden] Reference

For example, although little was known of the chemistry of the Orchidaceae, plants of this family were investigated because of its close systematic relationship to the Liliaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Ephemers and ephemeroids are two other dominant life forms that can complete their annual life cycle during the short spring (species in the families Liliaceae and Amaryllidaceae; genera Tulipa, Ornithogalum, Gagea, Ixiolirion, and Eremurus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Kazakh steppe] Reference

Liliums grows from bulbs and they belong to the family of the Liliaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

In the forests of Ke, arboreal Liliaceae and Pandanaceae abound, and give a character to the vegetation in the more exposed rocky places.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference

It is, for me, not only the most beautiful species in the Liliaceae but also the most beautiful wildflower I have encountered in North America.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Although Tricyrtis is in the Liliaceae family, it is very similar to an orchid when one examines its roots, rhizome, buds, stem, leaves and flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

The eponymous genus is regularly included in Liliaceae, but the relevant species are also commonly and variously considered members of Xanthorrhoeaceae or Phormiaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum Blogs] Reference

The cliffs above the sea offered to our view screw-pines and arborescent Liliaceae of strange forms, mingled with shrubs and creepers; while the higher slopes supported a dense growth of forest trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference

This plant belongs to the variously-featured family of the order Liliaceae, which, in the temperate regions of both hemispheres, are most abundant, and, between the tropics, gigantic in size and arborescent in form.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Household Management] Reference

The coal measures contain not only fern-like cryptogamic plants and phanerogamic monocotyledons (grasses, yucc-like Liliaceae and palms), but also gymnospermic dicotyledons (Coniferae and Cycadeae), amounting in all to nearly 400 species, as characteristic of the coal formations.    From Wordnik.com.  [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference

(series Coronarieae) of which Liliaceae is the representative to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference

"Distilled from allium sativum, a genus of Liliaceae comprising garlic, leek, onion, shallot, and chive.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Am Legend]

Lillies are from the Liliaceae family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Urban Lily] Reference

Liliaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

Liliaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart] Reference

Family: Liliaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

Plant Family/Families: Liliaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum Blogs] Reference

Thus, for example, all species of the genus Allium (onion, garlic, chives, leek) belong to the Liliaceae family because their basic characteristics are similar to those of lilies (genus Lilium); thyme, sage, rosemary, oregano, basil, peppermint, balm, marjoram and hyssop, together with dead-nettle (genus Lamium), to the Lamiaceae family; clove and allspice are related to myrtle (Myrtaceae family); turmeric and cardamom to ginger (Zingiberaceae family), and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Article Source] Reference