Colchicaceae is afamily offlowering plants that includes 15 genera with a total of about 285 known species according to Christenhusz and Byng in 2016.[2]
The genusPetermannia F.Muell. is excluded from this family and placed in its own family Petermanniaceae, Liliales. The former controversy regarding the inclusion ofAndrocymbium inColchicum has now been resolved in favor of the 2007 classification of Manninget al.[5] who includedAndrocymbium inColchicum. This is supported by molecular phylogenetic studies with dense species sampling (i.e. 41 species previously placed inAndrocymbium and 96 species ofColchicum) that showed that the type species ofAndrocymbium,A. melanthioides (Colchicum melanthioides), is more closely related to species ofColchicum than it is to many species traditionally placed inAndrocymbium.[6][7]
Subsequently, Nguyen et al.(2013) proposed reclassifying the family on the basis of subfamilies:[8]
Subfamily Uvularioideae (distribution: Eastern Asia and North America)
Tribe Uvularieae (Disporum,Uvularia)
Subfamily Wurmbeoideae (distribution: Australia, Africa, Europe, central and tropical Asia)
^Chacón, J.; Renner, S. S. (2014). "Assessing model sensitivity in ancestral area reconstruction using Lagrange: A case study using the Colchicaceae family".Journal of Biogeography.41 (7):1414–1427.Bibcode:2014JBiog..41.1414C.doi:10.1111/jbi.12301.
Vinnersten, A.; Reeves, G. (1 October 2003). "Phylogenetic relationships within Colchicaceae".American Journal of Botany.90 (10):1455–1462.doi:10.3732/ajb.90.10.1455.PMID21659097.
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