Commelinales

E293069

Commelinales is an order of monocot flowering plants that includes families such as Commelinaceae and Pontederiaceae, many of which are herbaceous and found in tropical and subtropical regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Commelinaceae 2
Commelinales canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monocot order
plant order
taxon
clade Magnoliophyta
surface form: Angiosperms

Commelinidae
surface form: Commelinids

Liliopsida
surface form: Monocots
containsGenus Commelina
Eichhornia
Haemodorum
Hanguana
Pontederia
Tradescantia
describedBy APG III classification
surface form: APG II system

APG III classification
surface form: APG III system

APG IV system
APG IV system
surface form: APG system
distribution cosmopolitan in tropics
economicUse forage plants
ornamental plants
weeds
family Commelinales self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commelinaceae

Haemodoraceae
Hanguanaceae
Philydraceae
Alismatales
surface form: Pontederiaceae
flowerType monocot flowers
growthForm herbaceous plants
habitat subtropical regions
temperate regions
tropical regions
hasCharacteristic closed vascular bundles
fibrous root systems
often mucilaginous tissues
includes aquatic plants
terrestrial plants
isPartOf core monocots
kingdom Plantae
leafVenation parallel venation
photosyntheticPathway C3
C4
pollination insect-pollinated
wind-pollinated
recognizedBy Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
reproduction sexual reproduction via flowers
seedType endospermic seeds
taxonRank order
typeFamily Commelinales self-linksurface differs
surface form: Commelinaceae

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liliopsida includesOrder Commelinales
Commelinales family Commelinales self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Commelinaceae
Commelinales typeFamily Commelinales self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Commelinaceae