Commelinaceae

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Noun

Commelinaceae - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderwortsfamily Commelinaceae, spiderwort familyliliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedCommelinales, order Commelinales, order Xyridales, Xyridales - an order of monocotyledonous herbsgenus Commelina - type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tearsdayflower, spiderwort - any plant of the family Commelinaceaegenus Tradescantia, Tradescantia - spiderworts

Commelinaceae

[‚kä·mə·lə′nās·ē‚ē] (botany) A family of monocotyledonous plants in the order Commelinales characterized by differentiation of the leaves into a closed sheath and a well-defined, commonly somewhat succulent blade.

Commelinaceae

(spiderwort), a family of monocotyledonous plants. They are herbs, with a leafy and knotty stem. They are often fleshy. The flowers, which are in racemes, are usually monoecious, regular (sometimes irregular), and trimerous; they have a calyx and a corolla. There are approximately 40 genera, with more than 500 species (according to other data, up to 1,000 species). They are distributed predominantly in the tropics and subtropics of both hemispheres. In the USSR the genera Commelina and Aneilema (one species in the Far East) are found. The many ornamental species of the genera Tradescantia, Zebrina, and Spironema, which are cultivated in the USSR, belong to the family Commelinaceae.

Commelinaceae

Related to Commelinaceae: spiderwort family

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Synonyms for Commelinaceae

noun large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts

Synonyms

family Commelinaceae
spiderwort family

Related Words

liliopsid family
monocot family
Commelinales
order Commelinales
order Xyridales
Xyridales
genus Commelina
dayflower
spiderwort
genus Tradescantia
Tradescantia