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Colchicaceae

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Family Colchicaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Lilliopsida
Order:Liliales
Family:Colchicaceae
Genera
Androcymbium
Baeometra
Bulbocodium
Burchardia
Camptorrhiza
Colchicum
Disporum
Gloriosa
Hexacyrtis
Iphigenia
Kuntheria
Littonia
Merendera
Neodregea
Onixotis
Ornithoglossum
Petermannia
Sandersonia
Schelhammeria
Triplandenia
Uvularia
Wurmbea

Colchicaceae are a family of flowering plants. The Colchicaceae are monocot herbaceous perennials with rhizomes or corms, and belong to order Liliales. The family includes approximately 225 species in 22 genera.