Taxonomy
of Flowering Plants - LECTURE
NOTES - Spring, 1998
Hugh
D. Wilson - rm. 306,
Butler Hall
13 April 1998
Arecidae
The Arecidae is, perhaps, the most diverse flowering
subclass in terms of both structural and ecological adapitations.
This group of 4 orders, 6 families and about 5,600 species includes
the smallest flowering
plants (Lemnaceae - Arales), the largest monocots
(Arecaceae - Arecales) and the largest flowering plant seeds
(Lodoicea maldivica - Arecaceae) and leaves (Raphia
regalis - Arecaceae). More than half of the species of this
subclass belong to the monotypic order Arecales.
Arecales
Arecaceae
(Palmae)
Arales
Araceae
Lemnaceae
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