| included genera | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | date | Trillium | Paris | Trillidium | Medeola | Scoliopus | other | family | order |
| de Jussieu | 1789 | Liliaceae | |||||||
| Endlicher | 1836-40 | X | X | X | 2 | Smilaceae (Parideae) | |||
| Lindley | 1846 | X | X | 1 | Trilliaceae | Dioscorales | |||
| Kunth | 1850 | X | X | X | Smilacineae | ||||
| Eichler | 1875 | ||||||||
| Watson | 1879 | X | X | X | X | X | Liliaceae (Trilleae) | ||
| DeCandolle | 1881 | ||||||||
| Bentham & Hooker | 1883 | X | X | X | X | 3 | Liliaceae (Medeoleae) | ||
| Engler | 1888 | X | X | X | Liliaceae (Parideae) | ||||
| Bessey | 1893/97/1915 | Liliaceae | |||||||
| Dalla Torre & Harms | 1908 | X | X | X | X | Liliaceae (Parideae) | |||
| Hutchinson | 1926/34/59/73 | X | X | X | X | Trilliaceae | Liliales | ||
| Engler & Prantl | 1930 | X | X | X | X | Liliaceae (Parideae) | |||
| Rendle | 1930 | X | X | Liliaceae | |||||
| Lawrence | 1951 | X | Liliaceae | ||||||
| Cronquist | 1957/68/81/88 | Liliaceae | |||||||
| Takhtajan | 1959 | Trilliaceae | Dioscorales | ||||||
| Melchoir | 1964 | X | X | X | Liliaceae (Parideae) | ||||
| Thorne | 1968/76/83 | Liliaceae | |||||||
| Huber | 1969 | Trilliaceae | Stemonales | ||||||
| Takhtajan | 1969 | Liliaceae | |||||||
| Willis | 1973 | X | X | X | X | Trilliaceae | |||
| Dahlgren | 1975 | Trilliaceae | Stemonales | ||||||
| Huber | 1977 | Trilliaceae | Roxburghiales | ||||||
| Takhtajan | 1980 | X | X | Trilliaceae | Smilicales | ||||
| Dahlgren | 1985 | X | X | X | Trilliaceae | Dioscorales | |||
| Takhtajan | 1987 | X | 4 | Trilliaceae | Dioscorales | ||||
| Watson & Dallwitz | 1991 | X | X | X | X | Trilliaceae | Dioscorales | ||
| Brummit | 1992 | X | 4 | X | |||||
| Thorne | 1992 | X | X | Trilliaceae | Liliales | ||||
| Nolte | 1994 | X | X | X | Trilliaceae | ||||
| Stevenson & Loconte | 1995 | Trilliaceae | Stemonales | ||||||
| Watson & Dallwitz | 1996 | X | 4 | Trilliaceae | Dioscorales | ||||
| Takhtajan | 1997 | - | - | Trilliaceae | Trilliales | ||||
| 1 Listed in synonomy for Trillium, but mentioned in text 2 Demidovia Hoffm. 3 Clintonia Raf. 4 Paris sensu stricto, Kinugasa, and Daiswa. - excluded | |||||||||