Baker (1874) considered
Notholirion to be a
subgenus of
Fritillaria, but
Boissier (1884) separated it as a distinct genus. The
evolutionary and
phylogenetic relationships between the genera currently included in
Liliaceae are shown in the following
Cladogram: }} }}
Species List of species: •
Notholirion bulbiferum (Lingelsh.) Stearn -
Nepal,
Bhutan,
Sikkim,
Assam,
Myanmar,
Gansu,
Shaanxi,
Sichuan,
Tibet,
Yunnan •
Notholirion koeiei Rech.f. -
Iran +
Iraq •
Notholirion macrophyllum (D.Don) Boiss. - Tibet, Nepal, Sichuan, Yunnan, Bhutan, and Sikkim •
Notholirion thomsonianum (Royle) Stapf -
Afghanistan,
Himalayas of northern
Pakistan + northern
India == References ==