Nartheciaceae

Nartheciaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG III system^[2][3] places it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG IV (2016) it includes 35 species of herbaceous plants in the following five genera:^[4]

• Aletris L.
• Lophiola Ker Gawl.
• Metanarthecium Maxim.
• Narthecium Huds.
• Nietneria Klotzsch ex Benth.

Nartheciaceae	Narthecium Nietneria Lophiola Aletris Metanarthecium

Nartheciaceae
Narthecium ossifragum 1796 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Nartheciaceae Fr. ex Bjurzon[2]
Genera
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