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| | Definition of Trilliaceae |
 | | The family Melanthaceae (Trilliaceae) consists of a number of genera petaloid, lilioid monocot flowering plants. |
 | | Many authors consider it as a tribe within the family Liliaceae, although more recent scholarship designates the Melanthaceae a separate family of order Liliales. |
 | | Three exhibit a wide distribution: Paris from Iceland to Japan, Daiswa from eastern Asia, and Trillium from North America and eastern Asia; and three are monotypic, endemic genera: Trillidium, with a tepaloid inflorescence, from the Himalaya Mountains; Kinugasa, with petaloid sepals, from Japan; and the newly described Pseudotrillium, with spotted petals, from the Pacific Northwest. |
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