Hypoxidaceae
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Hypoxidaceae | |
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Hypoxis hemerocallidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Hypoxidaceae R.Br.[1] |
Genera[2] | |
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Hypoxidaceae is a
monocots.[1]
The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family.[3][1] The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species.[4]
The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes. The flowers are trimerous, radially symmetric. The ovary is inferior, developing into a capsule or a berry.
Uses
Curculin is a taste modifying sweet protein that was discovered from the fruit of a plant in this family (Curculigo latifolia). Consuming it causes water to taste sweet for a duration.[citation needed]
References
- ^ ISSN 0024-4074.
- ^ Hypoxidaceae R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- hdl:10654/18083
- .
External links
- Media related to Hypoxidaceae at Wikimedia Commons
- Hypoxidaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/
- links at CSDL, Texas