Xanthorrhoeaceae

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Xanthorrhoea preissii"
name = Xanthorrhoeaceae
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Xanthorrhoeaceae
familia_authority = Dumort.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text
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range_map_caption = Distribution of Xanthorhoeaceae s. str.

Xanthorrhoeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the of the family has varied wildly.

The APG II system also recognizes this family and places the family in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots and allows two options:
* "sensu lato": the family consists not only of the genus "Xanthorrhoea" but also of the plants that otherwise would be in families Asphodelaceae and Hemerocallidaceae. According to the [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html AP-website] , this family consists of some three dozen genera.
* "sensu stricto": the family consists only of the genus "Xanthorrhoea". In this option, the families Asphodelaceae and Hemerocallidaceae are recognized as separate, satellite families.

In previous systems of plant taxonomy the plants that now form the family Dasypogonaceae were also reckoned to belong to this family.

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/xanthorr.htm Xanthorrhoeaceae] 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=27232&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Xanthorrhoeaceae links at CSDL, Texas]