English > subclass Commelinidae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | One of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae. |
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Synonym | Commelinidae |
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Member of | Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida, class Liliopsida | Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves |
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Members | Graminales, order Graminales | grasses |
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Musales, order Musales | Tropical plants |
Xyridales, order Xyridales, Commelinales, order Commelinales | An order of monocotyledonous herbs |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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