family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, with about 30 genera and more than 670 species, distributed throughout most regions of the world, ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/49
family Alliaceaenoun one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974