| Ecdeiocoleaceae | |
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| Ecdeiocolea monostachya | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Clade: | Graminid clade |
| Family: | Ecdeiocoleaceae D.F.Cutler &Airy Shaw,[1] |
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TheEcdeiocoleaceae comprise afamily offlowering plants with two genera and three species.[2] Thebotanical name has rarely been recognized by taxonomists.
TheAPG II system, in 2003 (unchanged from theAPG system, 1998), does recognize such a family, and assigns it to the orderPoales in the cladecommelinids, in themonocots. Three species in two genera,Ecdeiocolea andGeorgeantha, bothendemic toSouthwest Australia, have been described to date.[3][4][5]
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