Butomaceae
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Butomaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists: it is sometimes called the "flowering-rush family".
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes such a family, and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The family counts a single species, Butomus umbellatus.
At the ranks of family and order this is the same placement as in the Cronquist system. However, Cronquist assumed a much smaller order and assigned the order to subclass Alismatidae, in class Liliopsida [=monocotyledons].
[edit] External links
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- Butomaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Monocot families (USDA)
- Butomaceae in the Flora of North America
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- links at CSDL, Texas
