Ruscaceae

Taxobox
name = Ruscaceae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Ruscus aculeatus"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Ruscaceae
familia_authority = Spreng.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Ruscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales that includes several genera previously included in the Liliaceae, for example in the Cronquist system. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system recommends its inclusion in Asparagaceae but allows for its optional recognition as a monophyletic family; this is a change from the APG system of 1998, which did not accept the family at all. In the past, the genera included here were included in a wide interpretation of the family Liliaceae, or divided into the families Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, Nolinaceae.

;GeneraConvallariaceae included:

*"Aspidistra"
*"Convallaria"
*"Heteropolygonatum"
*"Liriope"
*"Lourya"
*"Maianthemum"
*"Ophiopogon"
*"Peliosanthes"
*"Polygonatum"
*"Reineckea"
*"Rhodea"
*"Smilacina"
*"Tupistra"

Dracaenaceae included:

*"Dracaena"
*"Sanseviera"

References and external links

:* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/convalla.htm Convallariaceae] , [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/dracaena.htm Dracaenaceae] , [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/eriosper.htm Eriospermaceae] , [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/nolinace.htm Nolinaceae] , [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/ruscacea.htm Ruscaceae] 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: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com :* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10507 Liliaceae in "Flora of North America"] :* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=50244&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser] :* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Ruscaceae links] , [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Convallariaceae links] , [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Dracaenaceae links] , [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Eriospermaceae links] [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Nolinaceae links] at CSDL, Texas