Lomandraceae

Taxobox
name = Lomandraceae

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image_caption = "Cordyline obtecta"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Lomandraceae
familia_authority = Lotsy

Lomandraceae Lotsy is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. According to Conran's classification in Kubitzki system, it consists of some 14 genera and about 180 species from Australasia, southeast Asia, South and North America and the Pacific Islands.

;Genera
*"Acanthocarpus" Lehm.
*"Arthropodium" R.Br.
*"Chamaescilla" F.Muell. ex Benth.
*"Chamaexeros" Benth.
*"Cordyline" Comm. ex R.Br.
*"Eustrephus" R.Br.
*"Laxmannia" R.Br.
*"Lomandra" Labill.
*"Murchisonia" Brittan
*"Romnalda" P.F.Stevens
*"Sowerbaea" Sm.
*"Thysanotus" R.Br.
*"Trichopetalum" Lindl.
*"Xerolirion" A.S.George

Lomandraceae is not recognized as a family in the APG II system; the plants are included in family Asparagaceae or, alternatively, under the segregate family Laxmanniaceae.It can be found in the literature, including at [http://www.ipni.org/ IPNI] .

References

*Conran, J. G.:Lomandraceae (1998) in Kubitzki, K.(Editor): "The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants", Vol.3. Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Germany. ISBN 3-540-64060-6