Editing Asphodeloideae (section)

{{Short description|Subfamily of flowering plants, in monocot family Asphodelaceae}}
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| image = Asphodeline lutea0.jpg
| image_caption = Yellow asphodel (''[[Asphodeline lutea]]'')
| taxon = Asphodeloideae
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| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms=Aloinaceae
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'''Asphodeloideae''' is a subfamily of the [[monocot]] [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Asphodelaceae]] in the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Asparagales]]. It has previously been treated as a separate family, Asphodelaceae ''[[sensu stricto]]''.<ref name="Chase2009">{{Citation |last1=Chase |first1=M.W.|last2=Reveal |first2=J.L.|last3=Fay |first3=M.F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}</ref> The family Asphodelaceae has now been proposed to be a [[nomen conservandum]], and the proposal has been recommended for ratification in 2017. In that case, Asphodelaceae will have priority over Xanthorrhoeaceae. This is reflected in the APG IV family lists.<ref name=APGIV2016>{{Cite journal |author=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2016 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=181 |issue=1 |pages=1–20 |doi=10.1111/boj.12385 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The subfamily name is derived from the [[Binomial nomenclature|generic name]] of the [[Biological type|type]] [[genus]], ''[[Asphodelus]]''. Members of this group can be found growing [[Indigenous (ecology)|native]] in coastal [[Southern Africa]], [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Western Europe]], the [[Mediterranean basin]], [[Central Asia]] and [[Australia]]; one [[genus]], ''[[Bulbinella]]'', can additionally be found growing in [[New Zealand]]. The greatest [[Biodiversity|diversity]] occurs in South Africa.

Several genera, notably ''[[Aloe]]'', ''[[Asphodelus]]'', ''[[Gasteria]]'', ''[[Haworthia]]'' and ''[[Kniphofia]]'' are perhaps the best known of the family due to their use among plant collectors, botanists and horticulturists. Additional genera and hybrids are also known, including ''[[Aristaloe]]'',  ''[[Gasteraloe]]'' and ''[[Gonialoe]]'' (the latter formerly included the now-rehomed [[Aloe variegata]], or partridge-breast aloe).

[[File:Eremurus stenophyllus0.web.jpg|thumb|right|220px|''Eremurus stenophyllus'']]