Family CN: Spiderwort Family Family Code: COMMEL Family Parent: [in COMMELINALES] Family Authority: R. Brown 1810 Summary: A family of about 41 genera and 650 species, herbs, of tropical and warm temperate regions of both hemispheres. Reference: Faden in FNA (2000); Faden in Kubitzki (1998b); Burns, Faden, & Steppan (2011); Tucker (1989). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1