Subfamily
Brodiaeoideae (Brodiaea subfamily)
Dichelostemma multiflorum. Photo: (c) David Greenberger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Brodiaeoideae are a monocot subfamily of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. They have been treated as a separate family, Themidaceae. They are native to Central America and western North America, from British Columbia to Guatemala. The name of the subfamily is based on the type genus Brodiaea.