Colchicaceae or the Colchicum family.
Genera in this family were formerly in Liliaceae. The family is worldwide with genera and species in Australia, South Africa, Europe, and Asia. Plants in this family are usually cormous, but sometimes tuberous or rhizomatous. Leaves are few, mainly basal or borne on the stiff, erect stem. Some species are climbers (stem climbers and tendril climbers.) The flowers are in a raceme or solitary with 6 tepals, free or united in a tube, 6 stamens, and a superior 3 chambered ovary with a 3-branched stigma. Fruit is a capsule and seeds are generally not hairy or winged. Genera from this family with wiki pages are: Androcymbium, Baeometra, Burchardia, Colchicum, Disporum, Gloriosa, Littonia, Merendera, Prosartes, Onixotis, Sandersonia, Uvularia, and Wurmbea
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