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The monocots have, as the name implies, a single (mono-) cotyledon, ... The production of fragrances for olfactory signalling are common in monocots. The perigone ...
English name Scientific name Status Common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium: Broad-leaved cottongrass Eriophorum latifolium: Slender cottongrass Eriophorum gracile: Hare's-tail cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum: Cotton deergrass Trichophorum alpinum: e Deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum: Common spike-rush Eleocharis palustris: Northern spike-rush
Family and a common name [5] [c] Type genus and etymology [d] Total genera; global distribution Description and uses Order [20] Type genus images Alstroemeriaceae (Inca-lily family) Alstroemeria was named for Clas Alströmer (1736–1794). [21] [22] 4 genera, in Australia, New Zealand and central and southern parts of the Americas [21] [23]
Some older studies indicated that it was placed in a lineage (the order Alismatales), that also includes aroids (Araceae), Tofieldiaceae, and several families of aquatic monocots (e.g., Alismataceae, Posidoniaceae). However, modern phylogenetic studies demonstrate that Acorus is sister to all other monocots. Common names include calamus and ...
The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, that the seed has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. There are around 200,000 species within this group. [3] The other group of flowering plants were called monocotyledons (or monocots), typically each having one cotyledon. Historically, these two groups formed the two ...
Many monocots produce scent to attract pollinators but perhaps not as many as those that produce nectar. [1] [19] A bee orchid, Ophrys, mimics a female bee as a false reward. Most zoophilous monocots produce nectar as a reward and this nectar is alike to nectar of dicots. [1] [19] [20] [21] Carpellary septal nectaries are common and unique to ...
Smilax glauca is a monocot in the family Smilacaceae. [12] The family comprises herbaceous vines and woody lianas typically with prickles and tendrils. Smilax glauca has the common name of cat greenbrier. [13] Some authors recognize two varieties of the species (var. leurophylla and var. genuina) though Flora of Virginia only recognizes one ...
Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. [1] They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae, native throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.