Commelinids
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commelinids | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
families | |
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In plant taxonomy, the name commelinids (plural, not capitalised) is used by the APG II system for a clade within the monocots, which in its turn is a clade within the angiosperms. The commelinids are the only clade that the APG II has named within the monocots, the remaining monocots are a paraphyletic unit, occasionally referred to as the "basal monocots".
The commelinids of APG II (2003) contain basically the same plants as the commelinoids of the earlier APG system (1998).
- clade commelinids:
- family Dasypogonaceae
- order Arecales (palms)
- order Commelinales (spiderwort, water hyacinth)
- order Poales (grasses, rushes, many crops such as rice, wheat, maize, sugar cane, pineapple)
- order Zingiberales (including ginger, banana)
External links
- Media related to Commelinids at Wikimedia Commons