Asparagineae (Suborder)

Overview

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A Suborder in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Suborder Asparagineae is a member of the Order Asparagales. Here is the complete "parentage" of Asparagineae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Liliidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lilianae Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Asparagales Bromhead, 1838
        Suborder: Asparagineae

The Suborder Asparagineae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Family (4): Asparagaceae · Convallariaceae · Ophiopogonaceae · Ruscaceae

Families

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Asparagaceae

Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [more]

Convallariaceae

Nolinoideae is a monocot subfamily of the family Asparagaceae in the APG III system of 2009. It was previously treated as a separate family, Ruscaceae s.l. The family name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Nolina. [more]

Ophiopogonaceae

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Ruscaceae

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At least 32 species and subspecies belong to the Family Ruscaceae.

More info about the Family Ruscaceae may be found here.

Sources

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