†family Liliaceae de Jussieu 1789
Monocotyledoneae - Liliales - Liliidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 54578
Synonym: Smilaceae (taxon 55941)
Parent taxon: Liliales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alstroemeriaceae, Burmanniaceae, Calochortaceae, Campynemataceae, Colchicaceae, Iridaceae, Liliacidites, Melanthiaceae, Petermanniaceae, Rhipogonum, Ripogonaceae
Subtaxa: Agave, Albucastrum, Brachyruscus, Cretovarium, Crinanthus, Gloriosites, Majanthemophyllum, Smilacophyllum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"