IDnature guides Grasses Groups Plantae Hawaii flora Monocotyledoneae Neotropical flora North American Invasives Orchidaceae species PA BCI Plantae PA BCI Plantae leaf Plant genera Plants Chicago Taiwan Monocotyledoneae Trees Weeds Wildflowers Links Overview Groups IDnature guide - North America Photographs Phylogeny Geographic distribution Links to other sites Acknowledgements Missouri Botanical Garden 80x5 - 240x3 - 240x4 - 320x1 - 320x2 - 320x3 - 640x1 - 640x2 Set display option above. Click on image to enlarge. © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 20 Lilium superbum, Turks-cap Lily Kinds Acoraceae, Sweetflags Agapanthaceae Agavaceae, Agaves Alismataceae, Arrowheads Aloaceae, Aloeaceae Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Anarthriaceae Anthericaceae, Anthericas Aponogetonaceae, Cape-pondweeds Araceae, Arums Arecaceae, Palms Asparagaceae Asphodelaceae Asteliaceae Blandfordiaceae Boryaceae Bromeliaceae, Bromeliads Burmanniaceae, Bluethreads Butomaceae, Flowering-rushes Campynemataceae, Campyneumataceae Cannaceae, Cannas Centrolepidaceae Colchicaceae Combretaceae, Indian-almonds Commelinaceae, Spiderworts Convallariaceae, Lilies Corsiaceae Costaceae, Spiral gingers Cyanastraceae Cyclanthaceae, Panama hats Cymodoceaceae, Cymodoceas Cyperaceae, Sedges Dasypogonaceae Dioscoreaceae, Yams Doryanthaceae Dracaenaceae, Dracaenas Ecdeiocoleaceae Eriocaulaceae, Pipeworts Flagellariaceae, Flagellarias Geosiridaceae Haemodoraceae, Bloodworts Hanguanaceae Heliconiaceae, Heliconias Hemerocallidaceae Hydatellaceae Hydrocharitaceae, Frogs-bits Hypoxidaceae, Hypoxis Iridaceae, Irises Ixioliriaceae Joinvilleaceae Juncaceae, Rushes Juncaginaceae, Arrow-grasses Lacandoniaceae Lanariaceae Laxmanniaceae Lemnaceae, Duckweeds Liliaceae, Lilies Limnocharitaceae, Water-poppies Lowiaceae Marantaceae, Arrowroots Maranthaceae Mayacaceae, Bog-mosses Melanthiaceae Musaceae, Bananas Najadaceae, Water-nymphs Nartheciaceae Orchidaceae, Orchids Pandanaceae, Pandanus Petermanniaceae Petrosaviaceae Philesiaceae Philydraceae Poaceae, Grasses Pontederiaceae, Pickerelweeds Posidoniaceae Potamogetonaceae, Pondweeds Rapateaceae Restionaceae Rhipogonaceae, Ripogonaceae Ruppiaceae Ruscaceae Scheuchzeriaceae, Scheuchzerias Smilacaceae, Greenbriers Sparganiaceae, Burr-reeds Stemonaceae, Stemona Strelitziaceae, Birds-of-Paradise Taccaceae Tecophilaeaceae Thurniaceae Tofieldiaceae Triuridaceae, Triuris Typhaceae, Cat-tails Velloziaceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Xyridaceae, Yellow-eyed grasses Zannicheliaceae, Horned-pondweeds Zannichelliaceae Zingiberaceae, Gingers Zosteraceae Overview Group of flowering plants (angiosperms) comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae. Unlike the conifers (gymnosperms), the angiosperms have ovules enclosed for protection, in an ovary. Following successful fertilization, the ovules develop into seeds. Phylogeny Scientific Name -- Common Name Plantae -- Green plants Monocotyledoneae -- Monocots Photographs Calphotos -- over 20,000 images of plants, primarily Californian species Photograph by John Pickering Allium tricoccum, Wild Leek Photograph by John Pickering Iris cristata, Dwarf Iris Photograph by John Pickering Arisaema triphyllum, Jack-in-the-Pulpit Geographic distribution Checklists Vascular Plants, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina & Tennessee Flora, Onconee National Forest, Georgia Links to other sites International Plant Names Index -- database of plant names References Gauld, Ian D. and Barry Bolton (Eds.) 1988. The Hymenoptera. British Museum (Natural History). Oxford Univeristy Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-858521-7. Acknowledgements This page written and compiled by Robert Magill of the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, with Irina Kim & John Pickering of the University of Georgia, Athens. We thank Cassie Lloyd for technical support in developing this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2023-11-30 03:49:45 gmt TaiBIF | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation