A worldwide family of about 70 genera and 2000 species.

Geosiris - A genus of two species, one species in Madagascar and one in Australia. Gray & Yee Wen Low (2017).

Sisyrinchium - A genus of ca. 140 species, North and South America; several species naturalised in Australia.

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