Nartheciaceae

 ( Monocot Families ) 

Nartheciaceae is a family of . The APG III system places it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. As circumscribed by APG IV (2016) it includes 35 species of herbaceous plants in the following five genera:

• Aletris
• Lophiola
• Metanarthecium
• Narthecium
• Nietneria

• Aletris in the Flora of North America and in the Flora of China
• Aletris farinosa: pictures, description
• Lophiola in the Flora of North America
• Narthecium in the Flora of North America
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Website