| Common Names - Lilly Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 288 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 4950 |
| Plant forms - Herb, sometimes tree or shrub like. |
| World Distribution - Cosmopolitan, esp. dry, temperate areas |
| Comments - Xanthorrhoea (grass-tree or blackboy) and Kingia, arborescent plants with an erect woody stem
The plants are generally perennial herbs growing from a bulb or rhizome, sometimes shrubby as in butcher's broom (Ruscus) or tree-like as in species of Dracaena, Yucca or Aloe.
Many are toxic. |