commelinids

Translingual

Alternative forms

Commelinids

Etymology

Plural of English commelinid

Proper noun

commelinids

A taxonomic clade within the clade monocots – grasses and closely related monocots.

Synonyms

(clade): Commelinidae - subclass; commelinoids

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots - clades (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group)

Hyponyms

(clade within monocots): Arecales (palms), Commelinales (eg, spiderwort, water hyacinth), Poales (grasses, rushes, bromeliads), Zingiberales (gingers, bananas) – orders

References

commelinids on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
commelinids on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
APG IV system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Commelinids at APWeb

English

Noun

commelinids

plural of commelinid