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| Hypoxidaceae | |
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| Hypoxis hemerocallidea | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Hypoxidaceae R.Br.[1] |
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Hypoxidaceae is afamily offlowering plants, placed in theorderAsparagales of themonocots.[1]
TheAPG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the1998,2003, and2009 versions) accepts this family.[3][1] The family consists of five genera,[2] with around 160species.[4]
The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into acorm or arhizome. 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 aberry.
Curculin is a taste modifying sweetprotein 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]
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