Plant Families & Taxonomy
29 entries in the Plant Families & Taxonomy compendium.
CommelinaceaeA diverse family of flowering plants in the order Commelinales.CommelinalesCommelinales is an order of flowering plants that encompasses five families: CommelinaceaeConium maculatumA highly poisonous biennial weed in the carrot family.CooksoniaAn extinct genus of early land plants with debated vascular tissue.CycadAncient seed plants with cones, slow growth, and specialized pollinators.CyperaceaeSedges are grass-like plants with triangular stems and diverse wetland habitats.DesmidialesSymmetrical microscopic algae, bioindicators of freshwater quality.DicotyledonFormer major division of flowering plants with two seed leaves.DroseraceaeCarnivorous plant family with sundews, Venus flytrap, and waterwheel plant.DryopteridaceaeA cosmopolitan family of leptosporangiate ferns known as wood ferns.EmbryophyteLand plants that shaped Earth's atmosphere and ecosystems.Ephedra (plant)A genus of gymnosperm shrubs yielding the stimulant ephedrine.EquisetumLiving fossil horsetails reproduce by spores and have ancient origins.EricalesA diverse order of flowering plants with many economically important species.EudicotsEudicots are flowering plants with tricolpate pollen and two cotyledons.Evolutionary history of plantsThe evolutionary history of plants begins with unicellular archaeplastids that arose throuFabalesOrder of flowering plants including legumes and milkworts.FagaceaeA woody plant family of beeches, chestnuts, and oaks.FagalesOrder of wind-pollinated trees including oaks, beeches, and walnuts.Flowering plantFlowering plants dominate land habitats and sustain human agriculture.GnetidaeGnetophytes: three bizarre genera nested within conifers.Gnetum gnemonA gymnosperm tree with fruit-like seeds and culinary uses across Southeast Asia.GymnospermWoody seed plants with unenclosed ovules and cones.Green algaeGreen algae are the photosynthetic ancestors of all land plants.HornwortNon-vascular land plants with horn-shaped sporophytes.IsoetesQuillworts are spore-producing lycopods with a cosmopolitan distribution.JuglandaceaeA family of trees and shrubs including walnuts, hickories, and pecans.LamialesAn order of flowering plants including many culinary and medicinal herbs.LegumeLegumes are nitrogen-fixing plants vital for agriculture and human nutrition.
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