|=====================================Campynemaceae
|
|
| |===Smilacaceae
| |=================|
| | |===Philesiaceae
==Liliales====| |
| |
| | |=========Uvulariaceae
| |===| |====|
| | | | |=========Calochortaceae
| | | |
| | | |
| | | | |===Medeola
| | |=====| |===|
|===========| | | |===Tulipa
| |==Liliaceae=|
| |
| | |====Lilium
| |==|
| | |==Nomocharis
| |==|
| |==Fritillaria
|
|
| |=================Melanthiaceae
| | (incl. Trilliaceae)
|======|
|
| |======Alstroemeriaceae
|=======|
| |====Luzuriagaceae
| |
|===|
| |==[Uvulariaceae]
|==|
|==Colchicaceae
The above diagram has been freely adapted from trees in: M.W. Chase et al. (1995), "Molecular Phylogenetics of Lilianae" in MONOCOTYLEDONS: SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, Rudall, Cribb, Cutler & Humphries, editors, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, pp. 109-137.
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Last revised: 23 December 2009.
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