He also suggested that those who preferred smaller genera could use it as the name of a separate genus.

[6][note 1] In 1888, Adolf Engler used Kuntze's Pseudogaltonia as a genus name in his treatment of the Liliaceae.

[10] The genus is placed in the tribe Ornithogaleae (or the subfamily Ornithogaloideae by those who use the family Hyacinthaceae).

Within this tribe, molecular phylogenetic studies place it as most closely related to the genus Dipcadi.

[4] As of April 2013[update], the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized the following two species:[10]