family strelitziaceae

Noun
  1. Woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar;
    In some classifications included in the family Musaceae (synset 112374585)
    is a type of: liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
    member holonym:
    • genus strelitzia, strelitzia - small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
    • genus ravenala - woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
    belongs to: musales, order musales - tropical plants
    same as: strelitzia family, strelitziaceae

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