Amaryllidaceae or the Amaryllis family is a tropical to warm temperate perennial bulbous or rarely rhizomatous family. Leaves usually arise at ground level from the base of the stem or apex of the bulb. Often showy flowers arise in an umbel from an elongated leafless stem. The flowering stalk is ensheathed by bracts which may be showy. Flowers have 6 equal or similar tepals and usually 6 stamens and a 3 chambered inferior ovary. The fruit is a capsule or sometimes a berry. Some species have winged papery seeds and others moist variously colored rounded angled seeds that cannot be stored but need to be planted shortly after they are ripe. There are a large number of genera in this family that are native to South Africa and to the Andes in South America. In 2003 the Angiospermy Phylogeny Group proposed sinking this family back into Alliaceae. They differ however in not having the onion-like smell and they also have alkaloids that are different.