Mayaca
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This article is about the plant genus. For the former Indian tribe in Florida, see Mayaca people.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Mayacaceae |
| Genus: | Mayaca |
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Mayaca is a genus of flowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae. 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. The genus consists of probably fewer than a dozen species.
[edit] Species
Eighteen or so species names have been reported, but only five are generally accepted as distinct.[1]
- Mayaca baumii Gürke
- Mayaca fluviatilis Aubl.
- Mayaca longipes Mart. ex Seub.
- Mayaca madida (Vell.) Stellfeld
- Mayaca wrightii Griseb.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Plant List - Mayaca". 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Mayacaceae/Mayaca/. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
[edit] External links
- Mayacaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Mayacaceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL
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