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Commelinaceae

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Botanical Description | Commelina benghalensis |Commelinaceae

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Tradescantia spathacea (Commelinaceae) Rhoeo discolor, Rhoeo spathacea

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What is the meaning of the word COMMELINACEAE?

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How To Say Commelinaceae

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Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 known species in 41 genera. Well known genera include Commelina (dayflowers) and Tradescantia (spiderworts). The family is diverse in both the Old World tropics and the New World tropics, with some genera present in both. The variation in morphology, especially that of the flower and inflorescence, is considered to be exceptionally high amongst the angiosperms.
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