Asteliaceae

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Asteliaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales

of the monocots.[1] Asteliaceae

The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG III
system of 2009 (unchanged from the 1998 and 2003 versions) does
recognize this family. The family includes three (or four) genera with 37
species,[2] occurring in the Southern Hemisphere.

Genera
According to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families as of May
Astelia hemichrysa
2011, the family contains the following genera:[3]
Scientific classification
Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R.Br.
Collospermum Skottsb. Kingdom: Plantae
Milligania Hook.f. Clade: Angiosperms
Neoastelia J.B.Williams
Clade: Monocots
Notes and references Order: Asparagales
Family: Asteliaceae
1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm
Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering Dumort.[1]
plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105
121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.10 Genera
95-8339.2009.00996.x)
2. Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants
See text
species in the world and its annual increase" (http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/art
icle/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598). Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261
(3): 201217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 (https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fp
hytotaxa.261.3.1).
3. WCSP (2011), World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/), The Board of Trustees of the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-24, search for "Asteliaceae"

External links
Asteliaceae (https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delt
a-intkey.com//angio/www/asteliac.htm) in L. Watson and M.J. Wikimedia Commons has
media related to Asteliaceae.
Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants (https://we
b.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/angio/):
descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9 March 2006.
https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/
links at CSDL, Texas (http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Asteliaceae)

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