Xerolirion

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox | image = Xerolirion divaricata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (1).jpg | image_caption = ''Xerolirion divaricata'' | image2 = Xerolirion divaricata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg | name=Basil's asparagus | taxon = Xerolirion divaricata | parent_authority = A.S.George | authority = A.S.George }}

'''''Xerolirion''''' is a monotypic genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae.<ref>{{Citation |last=Chase |first=M.W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J.L. |last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=FloraBase21188>{{FloraBase|name=''Xerolirion'' |id=21188}}</ref><ref name=GRIN>{{cite web | url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?12957 | title=Genus: ''Xerolirion'' A. S. George | access-date=2010-07-04 | work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area}}</ref> The only known species is '''''Xerolirion divaricata''''', commonly known as '''Basil's asparagus''', from Western Australia .<ref name=FOA>{{Flora of Australia Online|name=''Xerolirion divaricata''|id=51115}}</ref><ref name=FloraBase1248>{{FloraBase|name=''Xerolirion divaricata'' |id=1248}}</ref>

Both genus and species were first described by Alex George in 1986.<ref>George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Appendix: Xerolirion. ''Flora of Australia'' 46: 229-230</ref>

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Category:Lomandroideae Category:Monotypic Asparagaceae genera Category:Asparagales of Australia Category:Taxa named by Alex George Category:Plants described in 1986 Category:Endemic flora of Southwest Australia