Coronariae  Coronariae (literally a crown or garland) is a term used historically to refer to a group of flowering plants, generally including the lilies (Liliaceae), and later replaced by the order Liliales. First used in the 17th century by John Ray, it referred to flowers used to insert in garlands. Coronariae soon came to be associated with Liliaceae in the Linnaean system. The term was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, being replaced with Liliiflorae and then Liliales. Coronariae was first used by John Ray in his "Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam" (1660) as one of 21 classes of herbaceous plants. In this grouping he included "Armerius" and "Caryophyllus" (i.e. "Dianthus", Caryophyllaceae). It was next used by Linnaeus in his "Philosophia Botanica" (1751) to refer to a very different group of plants. Linnaeus followed Ray in describing Coronariae as "a beautiful [flower] which is inserted in crowns or garlands". His Coronariae was the ninth of his 69 "ordines naturales" (i.e. families), consisting of five genera, followed by Liliaceae and Muricatae. These three orders consisted of the following genera:   In a later posthumous publication, "Praelectiones in ordines naturales plantarum" (1792), Coronariae appear as Ordo X with 28 genera, Linnaeus having merged his previous Liliaceae into Coronariae together with his eleventh order, Muricatae. In developing an ordered system of taxonomic ranks, Agardh (1825) followed Linnaeus but placed his Coronariae within the higher rank (order) of Liliiflorae and confined it to the original Liliaceae:   At about the same time, Perleb (1826) followed a similar scheme with eleven families grouped into an order he called Liliaceae:  Endlicher (1836) used Coronariae as a class with eight subordinate orders, restoring Liliaceae as the family name:   Subsequent authors, such as Lindley (1853), preferred the term Liliales for a higher order (which Lindley called Alliances), including four families including Liliaceae.