Amaryllidaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has not been universally recognized by taxonomists.

The APG II system, 2003, does not recognize such a family, not as such, but allows it to be segregated from the family Alliaceae, as an optional segregate. The APG system, of 1998, did accept this as a separate family. In as far as APG II accepts this family it is placed in the order Asparagales, in the clade . It then consists of about sixty genera (see list of genera), with over eight hundred species.

The family Amaryllidaceae then consists of herbaceous perennials that grow from bulbs, and quite a few are commonly grown in gardens, including:

• Amaryllis, the Belladonna Lily or Naked Lady
• Clivia, formerly called Kaffir lily
• Galanthus, Snowdrop
• Hippeastrum, commonly sold as Amaryllis or Christmas Amaryllis.
• Hymenocallis, Peruvian Daffodil, Spider Lily
• Leucojum, Snowflake
• Lycoris, Spider Lily or Hurricane Flower
• Narcissus, Daffodil, Jonquil, and Narcissus
• Eucharis, Amazon Lily
• Caliphruria, Amazon lily
• Zephyranthes, Rain lily, Zephyr lily
• Habranthus, Rain lily

External links:

• Amaryllidaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas
• Bulbsociety
• Fotoplantas (in Portuguese)

Asparagales | Plant families

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