Nartheciaceae

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Nartheciaceae
Narthecium ossifragum Sturm41.jpg
Narthecium ossifragum
1796 illustration[2]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Fr. ex Bjurzon[1]
Genera

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Nartheciaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG III system[1][3] places it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG IV (2016) it includes 35 species of herbaceous plants in the following five genera:[4]

  1. Aletris
  2. Lophiola
  3. Metanarthecium
  4. Narthecium
  5. Nietneria

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. Sturm, CC-PD-Mark, Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, Narthecium ossifragum - botanical illustrations
  3. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Nartheciaceae Genera, retrieved 2011-10-21
  4. Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.

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