monocot family
Noun
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Family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (synset 111575864)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- liliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
- family juncaceae, juncaceae, rush family - tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
- araceae, arum family, family araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
- acoraceae, subfamily acoraceae - used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
- duckweed family, family lemnaceae, lemnaceae - family of small free-floating thalloid plants
- family orchidaceae, orchid family, orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
- burmanniaceae, family burmanniaceae - family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
- family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
- cyperaceae, family cyperaceae, sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
- family pandanaceae, pandanaceae, screw-pine family - family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
- cattail family, family typhaceae, typhaceae - perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
- bur-reed family, family sparganiaceae, sparganiaceae - coextensive with the genus Sparganium
- bloodwort family, family haemodoraceae, haemodoraceae - some genera placed in family Liliaceae
- cannaceae, family cannaceae - coextensive with the genus Canna
- arrowroot family, family marantaceae, marantaceae - tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
- banana family, family musaceae, musaceae - treelike tropical Asian herbs
- family strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, strelitziaceae - woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
- family zingiberaceae, ginger family, zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
- arecaceae, family arecaceae, family palmaceae, family palmae, palm family, palmaceae, palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales
- family xyridaceae, xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family - plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places
- commelinaceae, family commelinaceae, spiderwort family - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
- bromeliaceae, family bromeliaceae, pineapple family - a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
- family mayacaceae, mayacaceae - a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
- family rapateaceae, rapateaceae - South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
- eriocaulaceae, family eriocaulaceae, pipewort family - chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
- family pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, pontederiaceae - aquatic or bog plants
- family naiadaceae, family najadaceae, naiad family, naiadaceae, najadaceae - monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
- alismataceae, family alismataceae, water-plantain family - perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
- family hydrocharidaceae, family hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family, hydrocharidaceae, hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
- family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae - plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
- arrow-grass family, family juncaginaceae, family scheuchzeriaceae, juncaginaceae, scheuchzeriaceae - a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
- family zannichelliaceae, zannichelliaceae - alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
- eelgrass family, family zosteraceae, zosteraceae - used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae
belongs to: class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridaesame as: liliopsid family
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