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Xyridaceae
Sign in to saveThe Xyridaceae are a family of flowering plants. This family has been recognized by many taxonomists and is known as the yellow-eyed grass family.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyXyridaceae
General: Notes on delimitation: Xyridaceae are generally considered Appearance: The genera of Xyridaceae are morphologically quite distinct
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 398
- With media
- 100
- Family
- Xyridaceae
- Collections
- NY, CAS, TENN, BAYLU, US, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Madagascar, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Brasil, Guyana, Australia
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The Xyridaceae are a family of flowering plants. This family has been recognized by many taxonomists and is known as the yellow-eyed grass family.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system of 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. This treatment in APG II represents a slight change from the APG system of 1998, which had recognized the family Abolbodaceae for some of the plants included here; that family was unplaced as to order, but was assigned to this same clade (although APG used the spelling "commelinoids").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xyridaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.