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Melanthiaceae is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of flowering perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
 herbs in the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. The family has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists, and the circumscription has varied. Many authors have considered these plants to belong to the family 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....
, in part because both their sepals and petals closely resemble each other and are often large and showy like the flowers of the Lily Family.

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...
, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
APG system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The system is unusual in being based, not on total evidence, but on the cladistics analysis of the DNA sequences of three genes, two chloroplast genes and one gene coding for ribosomes....
, of 1998), does recognize such a family and places it in the order Liliales
Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another....
, in the clade monocots.






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Melanthiaceae is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of flowering perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
 herbs in the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. The family has been recognized by relatively few taxonomists, and the circumscription has varied. Many authors have considered these plants to belong to the family 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....
, in part because both their sepals and petals closely resemble each other and are often large and showy like the flowers of the Lily Family.

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...
, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
APG system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The system is unusual in being based, not on total evidence, but on the cladistics analysis of the DNA sequences of three genes, two chloroplast genes and one gene coding for ribosomes....
, of 1998), does recognize such a family and places it in the order Liliales
Liliales

Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another....
, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG II it includes 11-16 genera of the plants that sometimes have been treated as family Trilliaceae
Trilliaceae

Trilliaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. The family has been recognised as distinct since 1846 when it was recognized; this table for a summarizes the placement of these taxa....
. The family includes Paris quadrifolia
Paris quadrifolia

Paris quadrifolia is a species of the genus Paris in the family Melanthiaceae although authorities formerly regarded it as part of the Liliaceae family....
 and Trillium
Trillium

Trillium is a genus of about 40-50 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to temperate regions of North America and Asia. They used to be treated in the family Trilliaceae or Trillium family, a part of the Liliales or Lily order....
.

Genera

  • Aletris
    Aletris

    Aletris is a genus of flowering plants in the Melanthiaceae family.External links...
  • Amianthium
    Amianthium

    Amianthium is a monotypic genus of perennial plants growing from bulbs. It contains the single species Amianthium muscitoxicum, known in English as fly poison from a literal translation of the Latin muscitoxicum, is noted for its pretty flowers and its toxic alkaloid content....
  • Chamaelirium
    Chamaelirium

    Chamaelirium luteum, commonly known as Blazing-Star, Devil's Bit, or Fairy Wand, is a perennial herb native to the eastern United States. It can be found in a variety of habitats, including wet meadows and deciduous woodlands....
  • Chionographis
  • Daiswa
  • Helonias
  • Heloniopsis
  • Kinugasa
  • Melanthium
  • Paris
    Paris (genus)

    Paris is the botanical name of a genus of flowering plants. It exists of less than two dozen herbaceous plants: the best known species is Paris quadrifolia....
  • Pseudotrillium
    Pseudotrillium

    Pseudotrillium rivale is a species of the Trilliaceae family . It is the only species in the genus Pseudotrillium. P. rivale occurs in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon and California, often on soils of ultramafic origin....
  • Schoenocaulon
    Schoenocaulon

    Schoenocaulon is a North American genus of 26 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants, ranging from the southern United States to Peru....
  • Stenanthium
  • Trillidium
  • Trillium
    Trillium

    Trillium is a genus of about 40-50 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to temperate regions of North America and Asia. They used to be treated in the family Trilliaceae or Trillium family, a part of the Liliales or Lily order....
  • Veratrum
    Veratrum

    Veratrum is a genus of coarse, highly poisonous perennial plant herbs of the Melanthiaceae family . In English they are usually known as the False hellebores....
  • Xerophyllum
    Xerophyllum (plant)

    Xerophyllum is a genus of perennial lily from the family Melanthiaceae. The genus is native to North America, and has five species.Species include:...
  • Ypsilandra
  • Zigadenus


External links

  • [in a very wide sense], in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). : descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3 May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
  • and more at CSDL, Texas