{{short description|Subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, order Asparagales}} {{expand Spanish|Agapanthoideae|topic=sci|date=January 2015}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Agapanthoideae | image = Agapanthes africanus-yercaud-salem-India.JPG | image_caption = ''Agapanthus africanus'' | authority = Endlicher | subdivision_ranks = Genus | subdivision = * ''Agapanthus'' | type_genus = ''Agapanthus'' | type_genus_authority = T.A. Durand and Hans Schinz | synonyms = * Agapanthaceae F. Voigt * Agapantheae }}
'''Agapanthoideae''' is a monotypic 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'''.<ref name="crf2009">{{Cite journal |last1=Chase |first1=M.W.|last2=Reveal |first2=J.L.|last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}</ref> The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, ''Agapanthus''.
Its sole genus, ''Agapanthus'', is endemic to South Africa.
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Category:Asparagales subfamilies Category:Monotypic plant taxa Category:Amaryllidoideae