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Monocot Families

Monocot families are the families of the class Liliopsida, which GBIF divides into 11 orders, the largest by descendant taxa being Asparagales with about 64,714, Poales with about 43,623, Alismatales with about 8,643, Zingiberales with about 5,185 and Arecales with about 5,063. The largest families are Orchidaceae in Asparagales with about 46,786 descendant taxa, Poaceae in Poales with about 22,826, Cyperaceae in Poales with about 11,296 and Araceae in Alismatales with about 6,927.

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Monocot Families
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Araceae

Plant Families
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Arecaceae

Plant Families
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Asparagaceae

Plant Families
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Bromeliaceae

Plant Families
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Cyperaceae

Plant Families
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Orchidaceae

Plant Families
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Poaceae

Plant Families
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Liliopsida
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  • Children of Liliopsida
    "canonicalName":"Asparagales","vernacularName":"Agaves, Orchids, Irises, And Allies","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"ORDER","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":64714
  • Children of Liliopsida: Poales
    "canonicalName":"Poales","vernacularName":"Grasses, Sedges, And Allies","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"ORDER","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":43623
  • Children of Liliopsida: Alismatales
    "canonicalName":"Alismatales","vernacularName":"Water Plantains And Allies","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"ORDER","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":8643
  • Children of Liliopsida: Zingiberales
    "canonicalName":"Zingiberales","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"ORDER","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":5185
  • Children of Liliopsida: Arecales
    "canonicalName":"Arecales","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"ORDER","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":5063
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Orchidaceae
GBIF SecretariatOrchidaceae record
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"canonicalName":"Orchidaceae","vernacularName":"orchid family","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64. 1789 [4 Aug 1789]","numDescendants":46786
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Poaceae
GBIF SecretariatPoaceae record
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"canonicalName":"Poaceae","vernacularName":"grass","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22(1): 7. 1895 [15 Jan 1895]","numDescendants":22826
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Cyperaceae
GBIF SecretariatCyperaceae record
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"canonicalName":"Cyperaceae","vernacularName":"sedge","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 26. 1789 [4 Aug 1789]","numDescendants":11296
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, Araceae
GBIF SecretariatAraceae record
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"canonicalName":"Araceae","vernacularName":"lords-and-ladies family","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 23. 1789 [4 Aug 1789]","numDescendants":6927
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Wikipedia: Orchid
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Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
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Wikipedia: Cyperaceae
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The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.
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Wikipedia: Araceae
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The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.
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Wikipedia: Bromeliaceae
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Bromeliaceae, members of which are called bromeliads (), is a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.
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Arecaceae (Wikipedia)
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The Arecaceae () are a family of perennial, flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales.
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Poaceae (Wikipedia)
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Poaceae ( poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae ( grÉ™-MIN-ee-e(y)e), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as true grasses.
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Asparagaceae - Wikipedia
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placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots
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