Hypoxidaceae
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| Hypoxidaceae | |
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| Hypoxis hemerocallidea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Hypoxidaceae R.Br.[1] |
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Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[1]
The APG III system of 2009 (unchanged from the 1998 and 2003 versions) recognizes this family. The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species.[2]
The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes. The flowers are trimerous, radially symmetric. The ovary is inferior, developing into a capsule or a berry.
Notes and references
- ^ a b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hypoxidaceae.
- Hypoxidaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com:80/
- links at CSDL, Texas
- Hypoxidaceae in West African plants – A Photo Guide.