Lophiola

Lophiola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Nartheciaceae
Genus:	Lophiola Ker Gawl.
Binomial name
*Lophiola aurea* Ker Gawl.
Synonyms^[1]
Argolasia tomentosa Raf. Lophiola tomentosa (Raf.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Conostylis americana Pursh Helonias tomentosa Muhl. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes Lophiola americana (Pursh) A.Wood Lophiola breviflora Gand. Lophiola floridana Gand. Lophiola septentrionalis Fernald

Lophiola is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern North America. It has variously been placed in the Liliaceae, the Haemodoraceae, the Tecophilaeaceae or the Nartheciaceae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Only one species is currently recognized, though several others have been proposed:^[4]

Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl. - southeastern USA from Louisiana to North Carolina; also Delaware, New Jersey, Nova Scotia

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 48, Lophiola
↑ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
↑ The Plant List, Lophiola