English: Smooth asphodel; Tofieldia family.
Names: False asphodel; Smooth asphodel.
Genera: Harperocallis, Pleea, Tofieldia, Triantha.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Tofieldiaceae is the second diverging clade in
Alismatales, after the
Araceae. In earlier classifications its genera had usually been assigned to
Nartheciaceae,
Liliaceae or
Melanthiaceae.
Tofieldiaceae are placed in
Subphase 7 in the
Plant theory.