Asteliaceae

Taxobox
name = Asteliaceae


image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Astelia hemichrysa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Asteliaceae
familia_authority = Dumort.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Asteliaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has not been recognized by many taxonomists.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize this family and places it in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots. The family then includes a few genera with several dozen species, occurring in the Southern Hemisphere.

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/asteliac.htm Asteliaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). " [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants] : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval." Version: 9th March 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=51510&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Asteliaceae links at CSDL, Texas]