- Nartheciaceae
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Nartheciaceae 
from Sturm (1796) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Dioscoreales Family: Nartheciaceae
Fr. ex Bjurzon (1846)Nartheciaceae is a botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has only rarely been recognized by systems of plant taxonomy.
The APG III system does recognize such a family and places it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG III it includes a few dozen species of herbaceous plants in four or five genera, including:[1]
- Aletris
- Lophiola
- Metanarthecium
- Narthecium
- Nietneria
References
- ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards), Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Nartheciaceae Genera, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/genera/nartheciaceaegen.html, retrieved 2011-10-21
External links
- Aletris in the Flora of North America en in the Flora of China
- Aletris farinosa: pictures, description
- Lophiola in the Flora of North America and at the USDA
- Narthecium in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
Categories:- Dioscoreales
- Monocot families
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