Butcher's broom family. Monocots. The 2009 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III system reclassified genera from this family into the subfamily Nolinoideae within Asparagaceae (the asparagus family). Note also that at one time, these plants were considered part of Liliaceae (the lily family). The usage here follows the Jepson eFlora entry, last accessed 2017-04-22, which retains Ruscaceae.