# Tecophilaeaceae

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{{Short description|Family of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Odontostomum hartwegii 2.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Odontostomum hartwegii](/source/Odontostomum_hartwegii)''
|taxon = Tecophilaeaceae
|authority = [Leyb.](/source/Friedrich_Leybold)<ref name="APG4"/>
|subdivision_ranks = [Genera](/source/Genus)
|subdivision = See text
|synonyms = Cyanastraceae
}}

'''Tecophilaeaceae'''  is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s, placed in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Asparagales](/source/Asparagales) of the [monocot](/source/monocot)s.<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](/source/APG_IV_system) of 2016 (unchanged from the [1998](/source/APG_system), [2003](/source/APG_II_system), and [2009](/source/APG_III_system)  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](/source/Africa), in western [South America](/source/South_America) and western [North America](/source/North_America). This circumscription includes the genus ''[Cyanastrum](/source/Cyanastrum)'', which sometimes has been treated as a separate family [Cyanastraceae](/source/Cyanastraceae).

==Genera==
The following genera are recognised:<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016" />
*''[Conanthera](/source/Conanthera)'' {{small|Ruiz & Pav.}}
*''[Cyanastrum](/source/Cyanastrum)'' {{small|Oliv.}}
*''[Cyanella](/source/Cyanella)'' {{small|Royen}}
*''[Eremiolirion](/source/Eremiolirion)'' {{small|J.C.Manning & F.Forest}}
*''[Kabuyea](/source/Kabuyea)'' {{small|Brummitt}}
*''[Odontostomum](/source/Odontostomum)'' {{small|Torr.}}
*''[Tecophilaea](/source/Tecophilaea)'' {{small|Bertero ex Colla}}
*''[Walleria](/source/Walleria)'' {{small|J.Kirk}}
*''[Zephyra](/source/Zephyra)'' {{small|D.Don}}

==References==
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==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

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