title: Lomandroideae
text: Lomandroideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales, according to the APG III system of 2009. The subfamily name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, Lomandra.  The group has previously been treated as a separate family Laxmanniaceae. In the Kubitzki system, it is treated as Lomandraceae Lotsy.
  
  The subfamily consists of some 15 genera and about 180 species from Australasia, southeast Asia, the Americas and the Pacific Islands. The best-known genus is Cordyline.
  
  Genera
  Genera include:
  
  Acanthocarpus Lehm.
  Arthropodium R.Br.
  Chamaescilla F.Muell. ex Benth.
  Chamaexeros Benth.
  Cordyline Comm. ex R.Br.  (including Cohnia Kunth)
  Dichopogon Kunth (may be included in Arthropodium)
  Eustrephus R.Br.
  Laxmannia R.Br. (including Bartlingia F. Mueller)
  Lomandra Labill. (including Xerotes R. Brown)
  Murchisonia Brittan
  Romnalda P.F.Stevens
  Sowerbaea Sm.
  Thysanotus R.Br.
  Trichopetalum Lindl. (including Bottinaea Colla)
  Xerolirion A.S.George
  
  References
  
  External links
  NCBI Taxonomy Browser
  
   
  Asparagales subfamilies