commelinids

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Commelinids

Etymology

Plural of English commelinid

Proper noun

commelinids

1. A taxonomic clade within the clade monocots – grasses and closely related monocots.

Synonyms

• (clade): Commelinidae - subclass; commelinoids

Hypernyms

• (clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group)

Hyponyms

• (clade within monocots): Arecales (palms), Commelinales (eg, spiderwort, water hyacinth), Poales (grasses, rushes, bromeliads), Zingiberales (gingers, bananas) - orders;  - family

References

• commelinids on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• commelinids on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• APG III system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Commelinanae at the Tree of Life Web Project

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English

Noun

commelinids

1. plural of commelinid