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Commelinids
important clade of plants (In APG II and III) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The name commelinids is a plant taxonomy plural, not capitalised. It is used by the APG II system for a clade in the monocots. They have cell walls which contain ferulic acid.
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It forms one of three groups in the monocots. The other two groups are the alismatid monocots and the lilioid monocots.
- order Arecales (palms)
- order Commelinales (spiderwort, water hyacinth)
- order Poales (grasses, rushes, bromeliads)
- order Zingiberales (gingers, banana)