Family CN: Stargrass Family Family Code: HYPOXI Family Authority: R. Brown 1814 Summary: A family of about 9 genera and ca. 155 species, uerous or rhizomatous perennial herbs, subcosmopolitan (though not well distributed in the northern hemisphere of the Old World, and especially diverse in South Africa). The recognition of Hypoxidaceae at the family level is supported by a variety of authors, on morphologic and molecular grounds (Kocyan et al. 2011; Judd 2000). Reference: Nordal in Kubitzki (1998a); Herndon in FNA (2002a); Judd (2000); Kocyan et al. (2011). Last Updated: 2016-02-18 Publish: 1