Editing Liliaceae (section)

== Uses ==
[[Fritillaria]] extracts are used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] under the name ''chuan bei mu'', and in Latin, ''[[bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae]]''.<ref name=Turner83/><ref name=Li2006/><ref name=Yeum/> The bulbs of ''[[Fritillaria roylei]]'' have been used as [[antipyretics]] and [[expectorants]].<ref name=Sharma/> ''Lilium'' bulbs, particularly Lanzhou lily (''[[Lilium davidii]]'')<ref name=Lanzhou/> are used as food in [[China]] and other parts of Asia.<ref name=chinesefood/> During [[Dutch famine of 1944|World War II]], [[starvation]] conditions in the Netherlands (''Hongerwinter'', hunger winter 1944) led to using ''[[Tulipa]]'' bulbs as food. ''[[Calochortus]]'' bulbs were eaten by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] and  by the [[Mormon]] settlers in [[Utah]] during starvation. Other members of the family used for food include ''[[Clintonia]]'' (leaves), ''[[Medeola]]'' (roots), ''[[Erythronium]]'' (corms), and ''[[Fritillaria]]'' (bulbs).<ref name=Couplan/>