Xanthorrhoeaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, but the circumscription of the family has varied wildly.

The APG II system also recognizes this family and places the family in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots and allows two options:

• sensu lato: the family consists not only of the genus Xanthorrhoea but also of the plants that otherwise would be in families Asphodelaceae and Hemerocallidaceae. According to the AP-website, this family consists of some three dozen genera.
• sensu stricto: the family consists only of the genus Xanthorrhoea. In this option, the families Asphodelaceae and Hemerocallidaceae are recognized as separate, satellite families.

In previous systems of plant taxonomy the plants that now form the family Dasypogonaceae were also reckoned to belong to this family.

External links

• Xanthorrhoeaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 9th March 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL, Texas