Family Colchicaceae de Candolle 1804
Angiospermae - Liliales - Colchicaceae
Parent taxon: Liliales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alstroemeriaceae, Calochortaceae, Campynemataceae, Convallariaceae, Corsiaceae, Dracaenaceae, Melanthiaceae, Petermanniaceae, Philesiaceae, Rhipogonum, Ripogonaceae, Smilacaceae, Smilaceae
Subtaxa: Sandersonia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Colchicaceae in the database