monocot genus

1. Genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (synset 111577308)
   is a type of: genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
   subtypes:

   • liliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
   • genus juncus, juncus - type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
   • genus arum - type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves
   • acorus, genus acorus - sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
   • aglaonema, genus aglaonema - climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
   • genus alocasia - tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix
   • genus amorphophallus - genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm
   • genus anthurium - large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
   • arisaema, genus arisaema - tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
   • arisarum, genus arisarum - tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area
   • genus caladium - small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
   • calla, genus calla - water arum
   • colocasia, genus colocasia - small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
   • genus cryptocoryne - water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants
   • dieffenbachia, genus dieffenbachia - evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
   • genus dracontium - small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
   • dracunculus, genus dracunculus - tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
   • epipremnum, genus epipremnum - small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas
   • genus lysichiton, genus lysichitum, lysichiton, lysichitum - skunk cabbage
   • genus monstera - tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
   • genus nephthytis - small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
   • genus orontium, orontium - one species of aquatic plant: golden club
   • genus peltandra, peltandra - small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
   • genus philodendron - any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves
   • genus pistia - one species: water lettuce
   • genus pothos, genus scindapsus, scindapsus - evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
   • genus spathiphyllum - evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
   • genus symplocarpus, symplocarpus - one species: skunk cabbage
   • genus syngonium, syngonium - epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage
   • genus xanthosoma, xanthosoma - tropical American tuberous perennials
   • genus zantedeschia, zantedeschia - calla lily
   • genus lemna, lemna - minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root
   • genus spirodela, spirodela - minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
   • genus wolffia, wolffia - minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
   • genus wolffiella, wolffiella - minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa
   • genus orchis - type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere
   • genus aerides - epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes
   • angraecum, genus angraecum, genus angrecum - genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
   • anoectochilus, genus anoectochilus - genus of delicate Asiatic orchids
   • aplectrum, genus aplectrum - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
   • genus arethusa - genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan
   • genus bletia - genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers
   • bletilla, genus bletilla - small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia
   • genus brassavola - genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids
   • brassia, genus brassia - genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids
   • genus caladenia - terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia
   • genus calanthe - large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
   • calopogon, genus calopogon - terrestrial orchids of North America
   • genus calypso - one species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia
   • catasetum, genus catasetum - genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
   • genus cattleya - large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties
   • cephalanthera, genus cephalanthera - small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids
   • cleistes, genus cleistes - terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
   • coeloglossum, genus coeloglossum - terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
   • genus coelogyne - large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids
   • corallorhiza, genus corallorhiza - genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions
   • coryanthes, genus coryanthes - small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
   • cycnoches, genus cycnoches - genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids
   • genus cymbidium - genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera
   • cypripedium, genus cypripedium - genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
   • dactylorhiza, genus dactylorhiza - genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa
   • genus dendrobium - large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
   • genus disa - genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids
   • dracula, genus dracula - comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
   • dryadella, genus dryadella - comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
   • eburophyton, genus eburophyton - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
   • encyclia, genus encyclia - large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
   • epidendrum, genus epidendrum - large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
   • epipactis, genus epipactis - genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
   • genus glossodia, glossodia - small genus of Australian orchids
   • genus goodyera, goodyera - genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
   • genus grammatophyllum, grammatophyllum - small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long
   • genus gymnadenia, gymnadenia - small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia
   • genus gymnadeniopsis, gymnadeniopsis - genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria
   • genus habenaria, habenaria - chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis
   • genus hexalectris, hexalectris - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
   • genus himantoglossum, himantoglossum - small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region
   • genus laelia - large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes
   • genus liparis - genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate
   • genus listera, listera - genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe
   • genus malaxis, malaxis - large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
   • genus masdevallia - large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum
   • genus maxillaria - large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
   • genus miltonia, miltonia - genus of tropical American orchids
   • genus odontoglossum - large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera
   • genus oncidium - large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America
   • genus ophrys, ophrys - a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
   • genus paphiopedilum, paphiopedilum - horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium
   • genus phaius - genus of Asiatic and Australian terrestrial orchids
   • genus phalaenopsis, phalaenopsis - genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
   • genus pholidota, pholidota - genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
   • genus phragmipedium, phragmipedium - genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers
   • genus platanthera, platanthera - herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres
   • genus plectorrhiza, plectorrhiza - small genus of Australian orchids
   • genus pleione, pleione - small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
   • genus pleurothallis - large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America
   • genus pogonia - small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone
   • genus psychopsis, psychopsis - epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
   • genus pterostylis, pterostylis - genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
   • genus rhyncostylis, rhyncostylis - genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia
   • genus sarcochilus, sarcochilus - diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia
   • genus scaphosepalum, scaphosepalum - comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape
   • genus schomburgkia, schomburgkia - genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers
   • genus selenipedium, selenipedium - genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla
   • genus sobralia - genus of tropical American orchids
   • genus spiranthes, spiranthes - large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids
   • genus stanhopea - genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids
   • genus stelis - genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America
   • genus trichoceros, trichoceros - small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America
   • genus vanda - genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia
   • genus vanilla - large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds
   • burmannia, genus burmannia - type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth
   • aegilops, genus aegilops - goat grass
   • agropyron, genus agropyron - perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass
   • alopecurus, genus alopecurus - annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
   • andropogon, genus andropogon - tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions
   • arundo, genus arundo - any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds
   • bromus, genus bromus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
   • bouteloua, genus bouteloua - forage grasses
   • buchloe, genus buchloe - buffalo grass
   • calamagrostis, genus calamagrostis - reed grass
   • cenchrus, genus cenchrus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
   • chloris, genus chloris - tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass
   • cortaderia, genus cortaderia - tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
   • cynodon, genus cynodon - creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa
   • dactylis, genus dactylis - a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
   • dactyloctenium, genus dactyloctenium - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
   • digitaria, genus digitaria - crab grass; finger grass
   • echinochloa, genus echinochloa - annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions
   • eleusine, genus eleusine - annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands
   • elymus, genus elymus - tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)
   • eragrostis, genus eragrostis - annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
   • erianthus, genus erianthus - genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
   • festuca, genus festuca - a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
   • genus glyceria, glyceria - manna grass
   • genus holcus, holcus - a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
   • genus hordeum, hordeum - annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
   • genus leymus, leymus - genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus
   • genus lolium, lolium - darnel; ryegrass
   • genus muhlenbergia, muhlenbergia - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
   • genus oryza, oryza - rice
   • genus oryzopsis, oryzopsis - rice grass
   • genus panicum, panicum - panic grass
   • genus paspalum - a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions
   • genus pennisetum, pennisetum - a genus of Old World grasses
   • genus phalaris, phalaris - a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers
   • genus phleum, phleum - grasses native to temperate regions
   • genus phragmites, phragmites - reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
   • genus poa, poa - chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
   • genus saccharum, saccharum - tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane
   • genus schizachyrium, schizachyrium - overlaps the genus Andropogon
   • genus secale, secale - cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
   • genus setaria, setaria - annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses
   • genus sorghum, sorghum - annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
   • genus spartina, spartina - grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
   • genus sporobolus, sporobolus - cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass)
   • genus stenotaphrum, stenotaphrum - lawn grasses
   • genus triticum, triticum - annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions
   • genus zea, zea - corn
   • genus zizania, zizania - wild rice
   • genus zoisia, genus zoysia, zoisia - lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions
   • bambusa, genus bambusa - tall tender clumping bamboos
   • arundinaria, genus arundinaria - North American bamboo
   • dendrocalamus, genus dendrocalamus - giant clump-forming bamboos
   • genus phyllostachys, phyllostachys - medium and large bamboos
   • cyperus, genus cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions
   • carex, genus carex - large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges
   • eriophorum, genus eriophorum - cotton grass
   • genus scirpus, scirpus - rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
   • eleocharis, genus eleocharis - sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
   • genus pandanus - type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines)
   • genus typha, typha - reed maces; cattails
   • genus sparganium, sparganium - type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions
   • genus haemodorum, haemodorum - type genus of family Haemodoraceae
   • anigozanthus, genus anigozanthus - genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
   • genus canna - type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics
   • genus maranta - herbs of tropical America
   • genus musa, musa - type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
   • ensete, genus ensete - Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
   • 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
   • genus zingiber, zingiber - tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
   • curcuma, genus curcuma - tropical Asiatic perennial herbs
   • elettaria, genus elettaria - cardamom
   • acrocomia, genus acrocomia - Central and South American feather palms
   • genus areca - a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees
   • attalea, genus attalea - unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
   • borassus, genus borassus - palmyra
   • genus calamus - distinctive often spiny-stemmed palms found as climbers in tropical and subtropical forest
   • caryota, genus caryota - fishtail palms
   • ceroxylon, genus ceroxylon - wax palms
   • cocos, genus cocos - coconut palms
   • copernicia, genus copernicia - slow-growing tropical fan palms
   • genus corozo - a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees
   • corypha, genus corypha - large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
   • elaeis, genus elaeis - oil palms
   • euterpe, genus euterpe - a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
   • genus metroxylon, metroxylon - a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
   • genus nipa, genus nypa, nipa, nypa - monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
   • genus orbignya, orbignya - palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
   • genus phoenicophorium, phoenicophorium - latanier palm
   • genus phoenix, phoenix - a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
   • genus raffia, genus raphia, raffia, raphia - feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
   • genus rhapis, rhapis - genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
   • genus roystonea, roystonea - a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
   • genus sabal, sabal - American dwarf fan palms
   • genus serenoa, serenoa - one species: saw palmetto
   • genus thrinax, thrinax - small to medium-sized fan palms
   • genus xyris, xyris - chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
   • genus commelina - type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears
   • genus tradescantia, tradescantia - spiderworts
   • ananas, genus ananas - a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
   • bromelia - the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx
   • genus tillandsia, tillandsia - large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
   • genus mayaca, mayaca - small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers
   • eriocaulon, genus eriocaulon - type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs
   • genus pontederia, pontederia - pickerelweed
   • eichhornia, genus eichhornia - water hyacinth; water orchid
   • genus heteranthera, heteranthera - mud plantains
   • genus naias, genus najas, naias, najas - sole genus of the family Naiadaceae
   • alisma, genus alisma - small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
   • genus sagittaria, sagittaria - genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
   • genus hydrocharis, hydrocharis - frogbit
   • genus hydrilla - one species
   • genus limnobium, limnobium - American frogbit
   • ditchmoss, elodea, genus elodea, pondweed - submerged freshwater perennials
   • egeria, genus egeria - small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
   • genus vallisneria, vallisneria - eelgrass; eel grass
   • genus potamogeton, potamogeton - a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water
   • genus groenlandia, groenlandia - a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
   • genus triglochin, triglochin - perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass
   • genus zannichellia, zannichellia - horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae
   • genus zostera, zostera - (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
   belongs to: class liliopsida, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, liliopsida, monocotyledonae, monocotyledones - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
   same as: liliopsid genus

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