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