Melanthiaceae
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Melanthiaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a 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.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize such a family and places it in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG II it includes the plants that sometimes have been treated as family Trilliaceae. The family includes Paris quadrifolia and Trillium.
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- Melanthiaceae [in a very wide sense], Trilliaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links and more links at CSDL, Texas
- Genera
- Amianthium
- Chamaelirium
- Chionographis
- Daiswa
- Helonias
- Heloniopsis
- Kinugasa
- Melanthium
- Paris
- Pseudotrillium
- Schoenocaulon
- Stenanthium
- Trillidium
- Trillium
- Veratrum
- Xerophyllum
- Ypsilandra
- Zigadenus
