The
APG III system, of 2009 (unchanged from the
APG systems, of 1998 and 2003), recognizes this family and places it in the order
Liliales, in the clade
monocots. who included
Androcymbium in
Colchicum. This is supported by molecular phylogenetic studies with dense species sampling (i.e. 41 species previously placed in
Androcymbium and 96 species of
Colchicum) that showed that the type species of
Androcymbium,
A. melanthioides (
Colchicum melanthioides), is more closely related to species of
Colchicum than it is to many species traditionally placed in
Androcymbium. Subsequently, Nguyen et al.(2013) proposed reclassifying the family on the basis of subfamilies: • Subfamily Uvularioideae (distribution: Eastern Asia and North America) • Tribe Uvularieae (
Disporum,
Uvularia) • Subfamily Wurmbeoideae (distribution: Australia, Africa, Europe, central and tropical Asia) • Tribe Burchardieae (
Burchardia) • Tribe Tripladenieae (
Tripladenia,
Schelhammera,
Kuntheria) • Tribe Iphigenieae (
Iphigenia,
Camptorrhiza) • Tribe Angullarieae (
Wurmbea,
Onixotis,
Neodregea,
Baeometra) • Tribe Colchiceae (
Gloriosa (including
Littonia),
Colchicum (including
Merendera,
Bulbocodium, and probably
Androcymbium),
Hexacyrtis,
Ornithoglossum,
Sandersonia ==References==