Hemerocallidoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants, part of the family Asphodelaceae sensu lato in the monocot order Asparagales according to the APG system of 2016. Earlier classification systems treated the group as a separate family, the Hemerocallidaceae. The name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Hemerocallis. The largest genera in the group are Dianella, Hemerocallis (15), and Caesia (11).
Amperea is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1824. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Bertya is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1845. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Beyeria is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Euphorbiaceae known as turpentine bushes. It was first described as a genus in 1844. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
Pseudanthus is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Picrodendraceae, and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Pseudanthus are small, heath-like, monoecious shrubs with simple, leathery leaves, and flowers arranged in upper leaf axils, male flowers usually with three or six stamens and female flowers with three styles.
Poranthera is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1811.
Dianella is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the monocot family Asphodelaceae, commonly known as flax lilies. Plants in this genus are tufted herbs with more or less linear leaves and bisexual flowers with three sepals more or less similar to three petals and a superior ovary, the fruit a berry. They occur in Africa, South-east Asia, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia.
Ricinocarpos is a genus of evergreen flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Ricinocarpos are monoecious shrubs with leaves arranged alternately along the branches, the edges curved downwards or rolled under. Male flowers are arranged singly or in racemes at the ends of branchlets, with four to six sepals that are fused at the base. There are four to six petals that are longer than the sepals, with many stamens fused to form a central column. Female flowers are arranged singly and are similar to male flowers but with three styles fused at the base and with a deeply branched tip. The fruit is a capsule containing seeds with an elaiosome.
Psydrax is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It consists of trees, shrubs, and a few lianas in the paleotropics.
Dianella caerulea, commonly known as the blue flax-lily, blueberry lily, or paroo lily, is a perennial herb of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, found across the eastern states of Australia and Tasmania. It is a hardy plant, growing to a height and width of around 1 meter with grass-like strappy leaves. Blue flowers in spring and summer are followed by indigo-coloured berries. It adapts readily to cultivation and is commonly seen in Australian gardens and amenities plantings.
Tricoryne is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. All species are native to Australia with two species extending to New Guinea; within Australia they occur in all 6 states and the Northern Territory.
- Tricoryne ancepsR.Br. - New Guinea, Queensland
- Tricoryne corynothecoidesKeighery - Western Australia
- Tricoryne elatiorR.Br. - Yellow Rush-lily - all 6 states plus Northern Territory
- Tricoryne humilisEndl. - Western Australia
- Tricoryne muricataBaker - Queensland
- Tricoryne platypteraRchb.f - New Guinea, Queensland
- Tricoryne simplexR.Br. - New South Wales
- Tricoryne tenellaR.Br. - Mallee Rush-lily - Western Australia, South Australia
Caesia is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar and Southern Africa. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds. The genus was named in honour of Federico Cesi (1585-1630), an Italian scientist.
Thelionema is a small genus of tufted perennials in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. All three species, which were previously placed in the genus Stypandra, are native to Australia. These are:
Cyclophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Its natural range extends from New Guinea and northern Australia to many islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Shonia is a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 2005. The entire genus is endemic to Australia.
- Shonia bickertonensis(Specht) Halford & R.J.F.Hend. - N NT
- Shonia carinataHalford & R.J.F.Hend. - S Qld
- Shonia territorialisHalford & R.J.F.Hend. - N NT
- Shonia tristigma(F.Muell.) Halford & R.J.F.Hend. - N Qld
Stachystemon is a genus of nine species of flowering plants in the family Picrodendraceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in the genus Stachystemon are monoecious shrubs with simple, usually thickened leaves, and flowers arranged singly or in small groups in upper leaf axils, male flowers usually with four to six tepals, usually with seven to many stamens, and female flowers with four or six tepals and two styles in each flower.
Lindsay Stuart Smith was an Australian botanist, naturalist and public servant.
Rodney John Francis Henderson is an Australian botanist, specialising in taxonomy who worked for more than 48 years for the Queensland Public Service, 41 of those years at the Queensland Herbarium until he retired in 2002. The families he studied included the Solanaceae, Liliaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Rubiaceae. There are about 3,500 labelled specimens in Australian herbaria collected by Henderson, sometimes with other botanists. He was often sought after as an expert in the application of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature because of his knowledge of the code and of botanical Latin and Greek.
Dianella brevipedunculata is a species of flax lily native to Eastern Australia. It is known as the blue flax lily.
Corynotheca licrota, otherwise known as the antler zig-zag lily, club-fruit lily, or sand lily, is a perennial herbaceous member of the family Asphodelaceae and is found in arid inland areas of Australia.
