Poales genera

Typha is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English bulrush or (mainly historically) reedmace, in American English cattail or punks, in Australia cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand raupō, bullrush, cattail, or reed.

Juncus is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants, commonly known as rushes. It is the largest genus in the family Juncaceae, containing around 340 species.

Luzula is a genus of flowering plants in the rush family Juncaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with species occurring throughout the world, especially in temperate regions, the Arctic, and higher elevation areas in the tropics. Plants of the genus are known commonly as wood-rush, wood rush, or woodrush. Possible origins of the genus name include the Italian lucciola ("to shine, sparkle") or the Latin luzulae or luxulae, from lux ("light"), inspired by the way the plants sparkle when wet with dew. Another etymology sometimes given is that it does derive from lucciola but that th

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Flagellaria is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Flagellariaceae with only five species. The family is accepted by the APG II system of 2003 (and unchanged from the APG system, 1998); it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.

Mayaca is a genus of flowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae (or Mayaceae in earlier systems). In the APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids. The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae.

Eriocaulon is a genus of about 400 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae, commonly known as pipeworts.

Xyris is a genus of flowering plants, the yelloweyed grasses, in the yellow-eyed-grass family. The genus counts over 250 species, widespread over much of the world, with the center of distribution in the Guianas.

Abolboda is a genus of flowering plants, traditionally and nowadays (Kubitzki system and APG IV) assigned to family Xyridaceae. It is native to tropical South America and to the island of Trinidad, generally on marshy savanna.

Paepalanthus is a genus of plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. The genus is largely restricted to the campos rupestres of the Espinhaço Range and adjacent mountains, with few species in the Serra da Mantiqueira complex, restingas of the coast of Brazil, and a disjunct distribution (Paepalanthus subg. Platycaulon) in the Andean paramo.

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Syngonanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. It is native to tropical Africa and to Latin America (from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina).

Orectanthe is a genus of flowering plants, in the family Xyridaceae, first described as a genus in 1958. It is native to the tepui of northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, and northwestern Brazil). It is closely related to Abolboda, and both known species were originally classified as members of Abolboda before being transferred to Orectanthe.

Stegolepis is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1872 .

Thurnia is a group of herbaceous plants described as a genus in 1883.

Rostkovia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described in 1809 and was named after Prussian botanist Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius.

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Actinocephalus is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae, first described in 2004. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil. It was formerly regarded as part of the related genus Paepalanthus, but recent studies have suggested that the two groups are better separated.

Rondonanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. It is endemic to northern South America. ==Species== Rondonanthus acopanensis (Moldenke) Hensold & Giul. - Bolívar State of Venezuela Rondonanthus capillaceus (Klotzsch ex Körn.) Hensold & Giul. - Bolívar and Amazonas States of Venezuela; Guyana, northern Brazil Rondonanthus caulescens (Moldenke) Hensold & Giul. - Aprada-tepui of Venezuela Rondonanthus duidae (Gleason) Hensold & Giul - Bolívar and Amazonas States of Venezuela; northern Brazil Rondonanthus flabelliformis (Moldenke) Hensold & Giul. - Toronó-tepui of Venezue

Kunhardtia is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1958.

Schoenocephalium is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1845.

Mesanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. ==Species== Mesanthemum africanum Moldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe Mesanthemum albidum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone Mesanthemum angustitepalum Kimp - Zaïre Mesanthemum auratum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau Mesanthemum bennae Jacq.-Fél - Guinea Mesanthemum cupricola Kimp - Zaïre Mesanthemum glabrum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia Mesanthemum jaegeri Jacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzavi

Lachnocaulon (bogbutton) is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae. It contains 7 known species, native to Cuba and to the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia).

Oxychloe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described as a genus in 1860.

Epidryos is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus with this name in 1962.

Rapatea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1775.

Spathanthus is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1828.

Cephalostemon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rapateaceae. It was described as a genus in 1845.

Saxo-fridericia is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1845.

Duckea is a group of plants in the family Rapateaceae described as a genus in 1958.

Onychosepalum is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1855.

Chrysitrix is a group of plants in the Cyperaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1771.

Meeboldina is a plant genus in the family Restionaceae, described as a genus in 1943. It is named for the botanical collector Alfred Meebold.

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Comanthera is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae. It is native to tropical South America.