†family Melanthiaceae Borkhausen 1797
Monocotyledoneae - Liliales - Liliidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 55862
Parent taxon: Liliales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alstroemeriaceae, Burmanniaceae, Calochortaceae, Campynemataceae, Colchicaceae, Iridaceae, Liliaceae, Liliacidites, Petermanniaceae, Rhipogonum, Ripogonaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"