Xyridales

• Commelinaceae

  Large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderwor...

• Bromeliaceae

  A family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple)...

• Pontederiaceae

  Aquatic or bog plants.

• Xyridaceae

  Plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places.

• Mayacaceae

  A monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales.

• Eriocaulaceae

  Chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts.

• Rapateaceae

  South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae.

Naiadales

• Hydrocharitaceae

  Simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed.

• Potamogetonaceae

  Plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosterac...

• Alismataceae

  Perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants.

• Naiadaceae

  Monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers.

• Scheuchzeriaceae

  A family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales.

• Zannichelliaceae

  Alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one s...

• Zosteraceae

  Used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae.

Musales

• Zingiberaceae

  A family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales.

• Musaceae

  Treelike tropical Asian herbs.

• Strelitziaceae

  Woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar;...

• Cannaceae

  Coextensive with the genus Canna.

• Marantaceae

  Tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes.

Pandanales

• Pandanaceae

  Family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus.

• Typhaceae

  Perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves.

• Sparganiaceae

  Coextensive with the genus Sparganium.

Graminales

• Gramineae

  The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds;...

• Cyperaceae

  Bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant.

Liliales

• Haemodoraceae

  Some genera placed in family Liliaceae.

• Juncaceae

  Tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes.

Orchidales

• Orchidaceae

  Enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy...

• Burmanniaceae

  Family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers.

Arales

• Araceae

  Anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron.

• Lemnaceae

  Family of small free-floating thalloid plants.

Also contains

• Palmae

  Chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing...

• liliid monocot family

  Family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually...

• Acoraceae

  Used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Aracea...