Family CN: Bog-asphodel Family Family Code: NARTHE Family Authority: E.M. Fries 1846 Summary: As circumscribed here (excluding Tofieldiaceae), a family of about 5 genera and 40 species, of e. Asia, e. North America, n. Europe, and the Guyana Shield of n. South America. Reveal & Zomlefer (1998) place the Nartheciaceae in the monotypic order Nartheciales. The molecular phylogenetics of the family has recently been corroborated by Fuse, Lee, & Tamura (2012). Reference: Zomlefer (1997b, 1999); Fuse, Lee, & Tamura (2012); Reveal & Zomlefer (1998); Tamura in Kubitzki (1998a). Last Updated: 2016-02-18 Publish: 1