Laxmanniaceae

Taxobox
name = Laxmanniaceae

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image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Lomandra filiformis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Laxmanniaceae
familia_authority = Bubani
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Laxmanniaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by only few taxonomists.

The APG II system does not recognize this family as such, but allows it to be segregated from the family Asparagaceae, as an optional segregate. In as far as APG II accepts this family it is placed in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots. It would then consist of some fifteen genera and about 180 species from Australasia, southeast Asia, the Americas and the Pacific Islands. The best known genus is "Cordyline".

Genera

*"Acanthocarpus" Lehm.
*"Arthropodium" R.Br.
*"Baxteria" R.Br. ex Hook.
*"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

External links

* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=178389&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]