Ruscaceae

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Ruscaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asparagales that includes several genera previously included in the Liliaceae, for example in the Cronquist system. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system recommends its inclusion in Asparagaceae but allows for its optional recognition as a monophyletic family; this is a change from the APG system of 1998, which did not accept the family at all. In the past, the genera included here were included in a wide interpretation of the family Liliaceae, or divided into the families Convallariaceae, Dracaenaceae, and Nolinaceae.

Genera

Aspidistra
Beaucarnea
Calibanus
Campylandra
Comosperma
Convallaria
Danae
Dasylirion
Disporopsis
Dracaena
Eriospermum
Gonioscypha
Heteropolygonatum
Liriope

Maianthemum
Nolina
Ophiopogon
Peliosanthes
Polygonatum
Reineckea
Rohdea
Ruscus
Sansevieria
Semele
Speirantha
Theropogon
Tricalistra
Tupistra

References and external links

[Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ruscaceae]
[Convallariaceae], [Dracaenaceae], [Eriospermaceae], [Nolinaceae], [Ruscaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), [The families of flowering plants]
[Liliaceae in Flora of North America]

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