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Hypoxidaceae | |
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Hypoxis hemerocallidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: |
Hypoxidaceae R.Br. [1] |
Genera [2] | |
Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [1]
The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family. [3] [1] The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species. [4]
The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. 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 a berry.
Curculin is a taste modifying sweet protein 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]
You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Spanish. (December 2009) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Hypoxidaceae | |
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Hypoxis hemerocallidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: |
Hypoxidaceae R.Br. [1] |
Genera [2] | |
Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. [1]
The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family. [3] [1] The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species. [4]
The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. 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 a berry.
Curculin is a taste modifying sweet protein 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]