Is the plant agapanthus related to the orchid family?

Scientific classification for Orchid

Kingdom: Plantae



Division: Magnoliophyta



Class: Liliopsida



Order: Asparagales



Family: Orchidaceae





Scientific classification for Agapanthus

Kingdom: Plantae



Division: Magnoliophyta



Class: Liliopsida



Order: Asparagales



Family: Agapanthaceae



Genus: Agapanthus





Well, it would appear so! Good call.



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Is the plant agapanthus related to the orchid family?
Lilly family
Reply:Interesting answers so far. Agapanthus is related to the onion or Alliacea family and is not a member of the orchid family. Endemic to RSA (10 species) and first propagated in Holland in the 1860's. Loosely translated the word Agapanthus is "love flower" (agape -love and anthos - flower)
Reply:Only vaguely. Orchids are in the Orchidaceae, Agapanthus in the Agapanthaceae or Alliaceae (depending on whose taxonomy you like), and used to be considered part of the Amaryllidaceae. More of a "third cousins, twice removed"

relationship than sister groups.
Reply:No