NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Monocots

Index to Families of Monocots
(Angiosperms: Monocotyledons)

Flowering plants with one seed leaf
Also characteristic of this group are parallel-veined leaves (instead of net-veined) and flowers with parts usually in multiples of three.
Agavaceae:  See Liliaceae
Alismaceae:  See Alismataceae
Alismataceae:  Water-plantain Family
Arecaceae:  Palm Family
Commelinaceae:  Spiderwort Family
Cyperaceae:  Sedge Family
Gramineae:  See Poaceae
Hydrocharitaceae:  Waterweed Family
Iridaceae:  Iris Family
Juncaceae:  Rush Family
Lemnaceae:  Duckweed Family
Liliaceae:  Lily Family
Orchidaceae:  Orchid Family
Palmae:  See Arecaceae
Poaceae:  Grass Family
Pontederiaceae:  Pickerel-weed Family
Potamogetonaceae: Pondweed Family
Sparganiaceae:  See Typhaceae
Typhaceae:  Cattail Family
Zannichelliaceae:  Horned-pondweed Family

This page last revised 9 April 2009.


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