{{Short description|Family of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Odontostomum hartwegii 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Odontostomum hartwegii'' |taxon = Tecophilaeaceae |authority = Leyb.<ref name="APG4"/> |subdivision_ranks = Genera |subdivision = See text |synonyms = Cyanastraceae }}
'''Tecophilaeaceae''' is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.<ref name="APG4">{{Cite journal|author=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2016|title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=181|issue=1|pages=1–20|issn=0024-4074|doi=10.1111/boj.12385|doi-access=free}}</ref> It consists of nine genera with a total of 27 species.<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
The family has only recently been recognized by taxonomists. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) does recognize this family.<ref name="APG4"/><ref name="APG3">{{Citation |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III|year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> The family then includes over half a dozen genera, with only a few dozen species, occurring in Africa, in western South America and western North America. This circumscription includes the genus ''Cyanastrum'', which sometimes has been treated as a separate family Cyanastraceae.
==Genera== The following genera are recognised:<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016" /> *''Conanthera'' {{small|Ruiz & Pav.}} *''Cyanastrum'' {{small|Oliv.}} *''Cyanella'' {{small|Royen}} *''Eremiolirion'' {{small|J.C.Manning & F.Forest}} *''Kabuyea'' {{small|Brummitt}} *''Odontostomum'' {{small|Torr.}} *''Tecophilaea'' {{small|Bertero ex Colla}} *''Walleria'' {{small|J.Kirk}} *''Zephyra'' {{small|D.Don}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/tecophil.htm Tecophilaeaceae], [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/cyanastr.htm Cyanastraceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). ''[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants]: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Version: Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com *[http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Tecophilaeaceae links at CSDL, Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012205847/http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Tecophilaeaceae |date=2008-10-12 }} and more [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Cyanastraceae links at CSDL, Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203190735/http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Cyanastraceae |date=2008-02-03 }} *[http://www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/PIC_FAMILIES_SIMPLE_139.php Tecophilaeaceae of Chile, por Chileflora]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
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Category:Tecophilaeaceae Category:Asparagales families