The Bulbs of the World: A Family Tree


                             |================================= Orchidaceae
                             |
                             |    |============================Iridaceae
                             |    |
               |=Asparagales=|    |                                  |===Phormium
               |             |    |      |========Hemerocallidaceae==|
               |             |    |      |                           |===Hemerocallis
               |             |    |      |
               |             |    |      |                    |===Hyacinthaceae
               |             |    |      |             |======|
               |             |====|      |             |      |===Themidaceae
               |                  |      |             |
               |                  |      |             |          |==Agapanthaceae
               |                  |      |             |      |===|
               |                  |      |    |========|      |   |==Amaryllidaceae
               |                  |      |    |        |======|
 Lilianae =====|                  |======|    |               |===Alliaceae
               |                         |    |
               |                         |    |                      |==Agavaceae
               |                         |    |                  |===|
               |                         |====|               |==|   |==Funkiaceae
               |                              |               |  |
               |                              |               |  |=====Anthericaceae
               |                              |               |
               |                              |               |
               |                              |===============|       |==Asparagaceae
               |                                              |  |====|
               |                                              |  |    |==Asphodelaceae
               |                                              |  |
               |                                              |==|
               |                                                 |
               |                                                 |==== higher asparagales
               |
               |
               |
               |========================================== Liliales

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. The original version was modified in light of Meerow et al., American J. of Botany, vol. 86, pp. 1325-1345 (1999).

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Last revised: 23 December 2009.