†family Melanthiaceae Borkhausen 1797
Angiospermae - Liliales - Melanthiaceae
Parent taxon: Liliales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Alstroemeriaceae, Calochortaceae, Campynemataceae, Colchicaceae, Convallariaceae, Corsiaceae, Dracaenaceae, Petermanniaceae, Philesiaceae, Rhipogonum, Ripogonaceae, Smilacaceae, Smilaceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melanthiaceae in the database