# Chortolirion

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{{short description|Genus of perennial flowering plants}}
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| 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>
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'''''Chortolirion''''' (Gk. 'chortos' = 'pasture', 'lirion' ='lily') is a [genus](/source/genus) of perennial plants in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Asphodelaceae](/source/Asphodelaceae), subfamily [Asphodeloideae](/source/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](/source/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>

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# ''[Chortolirion angolense](/source/Chortolirion_angolense)'' <small>(Baker) A.Berger</small> - [Huíla Plateau](/source/Hu%C3%ADla_Plateau)in Angola
# ''[Chortolirion latifolium](/source/Chortolirion_latifolium)'' <small>Zonn. & G.P.J.Fritz</small> - [Free State](/source/Free_State_(province)) and [Gauteng](/source/Gauteng) in South Africa
# ''[Chortolirion subspicatum](/source/Chortolirion_subspicatum)'' <small>(Baker) A.Berger</small> - Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa
# ''[Chortolirion tenuifolium](/source/Chortolirion_tenuifolium)'' <small>(Engl.) A.Berger</small> - Zimbabwe, Namibia, northeastern South Africa

==References==
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==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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