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Flora of New York/Clade alismatid monocots

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The Acorales and Alismatales form the basal grade of the monocots (Lilianae), informally grouped as the "alismatid monocots."[1]
monocots
Acorales : Acoraceae

Acorus americanus (American sweetflag)

Acorus calamus (old world sweetflag)

Alismatales

TofieldiaceaeTriantha glutinosa (sticky false asphodel)

Araceae
Orontioideeae

Orontium aquaticum (golden club)

Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)

Lemnoideae

Spirodela polyrrhiza (common duckmeal)

Lemna spp. (5 duckweeds)

Wolffia spp. (3 watermeals)

Aroideae

Calla palustris (wild calla, water arum)

Peltandra virginica (green arrow arum, tuckahoe)

Arisaema dracontium (green dragon)

Arisaema triphyllum (4 Jack-in-the-pulpit subspp.)

Alismataceae

Sagittaria spp. (9 arrowheads)

Alisma spp. (3 water plantains)

ButomaceaeButomus umbellatus (flowering rush)

Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrocharitoideae

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (European frog’s bit)

Egeria densa (Brazilian waterweed)

Limnobium spongia (American frog’s bit)

Stratiotoideae

AnacharidoideaeElodea spp. (3 waterweeds)

Hydrilloideae

Najas spp. (8 water nymphs, naiads)

Hydrilla verticillata (hydrilla, water thyme)

Vallisneria americana (water celery, tape grass)

ScheuchzeriaceaeScheuchzeria palustris (pod grass)

Aponogetonaceae (none in NY)

JuncaginaceaeTriglochin spp. (2 arrowgrasses)

Maundiaceae (none in NY)

Posidoniaceae (none in NY)

RuppiaceaeRuppia maritima (widgeon grass, ditch grass)

Cymodoceaceae (none in NY)

ZosteraceaeZostera marina (eel grass}

Potamogetonaceae

Dioscoreales

Liliales

Asparagales

Poales

Zingiberales

Commelinales

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