Ruscaceae

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iRuscaceae
Ruscus aculeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Ruscaceae Spreng.
Genera
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Ruscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales that includes several genera previously included in the Liliaceae, for example in the Cronquist system. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system recommends its inclusion in Asparagaceae but allows for its optional recognition as a monophyletic family; this is a change from the APG system of 1998, which did not accept the family at all. In the past, the genera included here were included in a wide interpretation of the family Liliaceae, or divided into the families Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, Nolinaceae.

Genera

Aspidistra Beaucarnea Calibanus Campylandra Comosperma Convallaria Danae Dasylirion Disporopsis Dracaena Eriospermum Gonioscypha Heteropolygonatum Liriope

Maianthemum Nolina Ophiopogon Peliosanthes Polygonatum Reineckea Rohdea Ruscus Sansevieria Semele Speirantha Theropogon Tricalistra Tupistra

[edit] References and external links

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ruscaceae
• Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, Eriospermaceae, Nolinaceae, Ruscaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants
• Liliaceae in Flora of North America

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