Haemodoraceae

Perennial herbs. Leaves mostly basal with sheathing leaves. Inflorescence with smaller leaves or leaves absent. Tepals 6 free or connate. Stamens 3 to 6, anthers basifixed. Ovary inferior to half inferior, 3-locular. Stigma 1. Fruit a capsule. 17 gen., temp. to trop., S. hemisphere.