Agapanthoideae
| Agapanthoideae | |
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| Agapanthus africanus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agapanthoideae Endlicher |
| Type genus | |
| Agapanthus T.A. Durand and Hans Schinz | |
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Agapanthoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales. It is one of three subfamilies of Amaryllidaceae. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Agapanthaceae.[1] The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Agapanthus.
It consists of a single genus, Agapanthus, and is endemic to South Africa.
References
- ↑ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009). "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 132–136. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x.
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 Subdivisions of the Amaryllidaceae family, with type species | |||||||||||
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| Allioideae |
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| Amaryllidoideae | |||||||||||
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