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Definition: Asphodelaceae

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae.[Wordnet].

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Date "Asphodelaceae" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 2002. (references)

Common Expressions: Asphodelaceae

Expressions Definition
Family Asphodelaceae One of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Asphodelaceae

Asphodelaceae

Asphodelaceae
Yellow Asphodel (Asphodeline lutea)
Yellow Asphodel (Asphodeline lutea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Juss. 1789
genera

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Asphodelaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has not been recognized by very many taxonomists and the circumscription of the family has varied.

The APG II system, of 2003, does not recognize this family as such, but allows it to be segregated from the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, as an optional segregate. In as far as APG II accepts this family it is placed in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots. This is a slight change from the APG system, of 1998, which did firmly accept such a family.

According to the AP-website, the family now includes over a dozen genera, totalling some eight hundred species. The best known genus is Aloe (also spelled Aloë). Such a family is native to Africa and the Mediterranean basin to Central Asia, with one genus (Bulbinella) in New Zealand. The greatest diversity occurs in South Africa.

  • Bulbinella hookeri (Syn. Anthericum chrysobactron, Anthericum hookeri) is a distinctive New Zealand plant, 15 to 20 inches high, with bright yellow flowers, in long spikes in early summer. It grows best in moist, deep soils.
  • Echeandia flavescens is a plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of star-like yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk, found in southwestern United States.


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Eremurus robustus
Eremurus robustus
A listing of genera

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Translations: Asphodelaceae

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Dutch Affodilfamilie (Asphodelaceae). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Asphodelaceae. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Asphodelaceae

Language Translations for “Asphodelaceae” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin Asphodelaceaeway (Asphodelaceae). Additional references: Pig Latin, Asphodelaceae. (volunteer)
Terran B Affodilfamilie (Asphodelaceae). Additional references: Terran B, Asphodelaceae. (volunteer)
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