{{short description|Genus of perennial flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon=Chortolirion | image = | image_caption = | authority =A.Berger<ref name=o/> | type_species = ''Chortolirion angolense'' | type_species_authority=(Baker) A.Berger<ref>lectotype designated by Phillips, E. P. 1951. Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl. (ed. 2) 187.</ref> |synonyms_ref= |synonyms= }}
'''''Chortolirion''''' (Gk. 'chortos' = 'pasture', 'lirion' ='lily') is a genus of perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Asphodeloideae,<ref name=APwebA>Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#Asphodelaceae "Asphodeloideae"]. ''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-10.</ref> first described as a genus in 1908. It is native to Southern Africa.<ref name=o>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=302634 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Zonneveld, B.J.M. & Fritz, G.P.J. (2010). Three species accepted in ''Chortolirion'' Berger (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae). Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 28: 27-36.</ref><ref>Fritz, G. (2012). Review of the three species accepted in ''Chortolirion'' A.Berger (Xanthorrhoeaceae: Asphodeloideae). Aloe 49: 4-9.</ref>
;Species<ref name=o/> # ''Chortolirion angolense'' <small>(Baker) A.Berger</small> - Huíla Plateauin Angola # ''Chortolirion latifolium'' <small>Zonn. & G.P.J.Fritz</small> - Free State and Gauteng in South Africa # ''Chortolirion subspicatum'' <small>(Baker) A.Berger</small> - Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa # ''Chortolirion tenuifolium'' <small>(Engl.) A.Berger</small> - Zimbabwe, Namibia, northeastern South Africa
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://ispot.org.za/node/172739 iSpot, Sanbi Biodiversity for Life, ''Chortolirion latifolium'' showing the distinctive leaves] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140904184123/http://www.southernafricanplants.org/plantdata_sub.php?Mspec_ID=7470 Photo Guide to South African Plants, ''Chortolirion tenuifolium'' (Engl.) A.Berger] *[https://www.zelenelisty.cz/clanky/werbar---sukulenty/chortolirion-angolense---kytka-na-pomezi.html Zel(e)né Listy - ''Chortolirion angolense'' - kytka na pomezí] in Czech but with photos in English
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Category:Asphodeloideae Category:Asphodelaceae genera
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