ASPARAGALES | ORDER

Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) is an order of plants in modern classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. The order takes its name from the type family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots amongst the lilioid monocots. The order has only recently been recognized in classification systems. It was first put forward by Huber in 1977 and later taken up in the Dahlgren system of 1985 and then the APG in 1998, 2003 and 2009. Before this, many of its families were assigned to the old order Liliales, a very large order containing almost all monocots with colorful tepals and lacking starch in their endosperm. DNA sequence analysis indicated that many of the taxa previously included in Liliales should actually be redistributed over three orders, Liliales, Asparagales, and Dioscoreales. The boundaries of the Asparagales and of its families have undergone a series of changes in recent years; future research may lead to further changes and ultimately greater stability. In the APG circumscription, Asparagales is the largest order of monocots with 14 families, 1,122 genera, and about 36,000 species.

Families.                                    

1. Amaryllidaceae (74)                                 Subfamilies include Agapanthoideae (agapanthus),  Allioideae (onions and chives) Amaryllidoideae (amaryllis, daffodils, snowdrops).
2. Asparagaceae 75
3. Asphodelaceae 73
4. Asteliaceae 65
5. Blandfordiaceae 64
6. Boryaceae 63
7. Doryanthaceae 69
8. Hypoxidaceae 67
9. Iridaceae 71
10. Ixioliriaceae 70
11. Lanariaceae 66
12. Orchidaceae 62
13. Tecophilaeaceae 68
14. Xeronematace

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