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Hemerocallidaceae is the botanical name
Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if the plant is a cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants....
 of a family of flowering plants. The family name is derived from the name of the included genus Hemerocallis. The placement of the included genera, and the circumscription of the family, have varied. The Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
 does not recognize the family and includes Hemerocallis in Liliaceae
Liliaceae

The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes....
. The APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
 includes the family in Xanthorrhoeaceae
Xanthorrhoeaceae

Xanthorrhoeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the wiktionary:circumscription of the family has varied wildly....
, in the order Asparagales
Asparagales

Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications....
 in the monocots clade, but allows for its optional segregation as a monophyletic family.






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Hemerocallidaceae is the botanical name
Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if the plant is a cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants....
 of a family of flowering plants. The family name is derived from the name of the included genus Hemerocallis. The placement of the included genera, and the circumscription of the family, have varied. The Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
 does not recognize the family and includes Hemerocallis in Liliaceae
Liliaceae

The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes....
. The APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
 includes the family in Xanthorrhoeaceae
Xanthorrhoeaceae

Xanthorrhoeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the wiktionary:circumscription of the family has varied wildly....
, in the order Asparagales
Asparagales

Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications....
 in the monocots clade, but allows for its optional segregation as a monophyletic family. Among the best-known members are two popular genera of garden plants, the daylilies (Hemerocallis) and New Zealand flax
New Zealand flax

New Zealand flax describes common New Zealand perennial plants Phormium tenax and Phormium cookianum, known by the Maori language names harakeke and wharariki respectively....
 (Phormium).

According to the , the family includes the following genera:

  • Agrostocrinum F.Muell.
  • Dianella
    Dianella (genus)

    The genus Dianella consist of 30 known species belonging to the Family Hemerocallidaceae with around half native to Australia.Features:...
     Lam.
  • Eccremis Baker
  • Hemerocallis L.
  • Phormium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Stypandra
    Stypandra

    Stypandra is a small genus of rhizome perennials in the family Hemerocallidaceae. They are native to Australia and New Caledonia.Species include:...
     R.Br.
  • Thelionema R.J.F.Hend.
  • Tricoryne
    Tricoryne

    Tricoryne is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Hemerocallidaceae All species are native to Australia with one extending to New Guinea; within Australia they occur in all mainland states except the Northern Territory....
     R. Brown


External links:
  • , in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9th March 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
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