Blandfordiaceae
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Blandfordiaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has not been recognized by many taxonomists.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), does recognize this family and places it in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots. The family then includes only a single genus (Blandfordia) of four species in Eastern Australia.
[edit] External links
- Blandfordiaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
- photograph of Blandfordia punicea at the Australian National Herbarium
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
