Hypoxidaceae

Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.
The APG [IV system] of 2016 accepts this family. The family consists of five genera, with around 160 species.
The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes. The flowers are trimerous, radially symmetric. The ovary is inferior, developing into a capsule or a berry.

Uses

is a taste modifying sweet protein that was discovered from the fruit of a plant in this family. Consuming it causes water to taste sweet for a duration.