Ixiolirion

alt=Ixiolirion Tataricum, Behbahan|thumb|Ixiolirion Tataricum, Behbahan Ixiolirion is a genus of flowering plants native to central and southwest Asia, first described as a genus in 1821. Recent classifications place the group in the monogeneric family Ixioliriaceae in the order Asparagales of the monocots. In earlier systems of classification, it was usually placed in the family Amaryllidaceae. alt=Ixiolirion Tataricum in Behbahan |thumb|Ixiolirion Tataricum in Behbahan, Iran alt=Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Central Iran|thumb|Ixiolirion Tataricum in Deserts of Central Iran The genus name – composed of Ixio- and ('lily') – means 'Ixia-like lily'. There are four species in this genus and family Ixiolirion ferganicum Kovalevsk. & Vved. - Kyrgyzstan Ixiolirion karateginum Lipsky - Pakistan, Tajikistan Ixiolirion songaricum P.Yan - Xinjiang Ixiolirion tataricum (Pall.) Schult. & Schult.f. - Altai Krai, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Kashmir, Xinjiang

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