Family Araceae in Order Alismatales
What is a Family (pl. Families)?
In the context of botanical taxonomy, the Family rank is a taxonomic rank that is used to classify groups of related genera within an Order. Families are based on a set of shared morphological, anatomical, and genetic characteristics, such as flower structure, fruit type, and leaf morphology. The Family rank is situated between Order and Genus in the hierarchy of taxonomic ranks.
Each Family can include one or more genera, and each genus can include one or more species. Families are used to group genera of plants that share common traits and evolutionary histories, allowing botanists to better understand the relationships between different groups of plants.
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Each Family can include one or more genera, and each genus can include one or more species. Families are used to group genera of plants that share common traits and evolutionary histories, allowing botanists to better understand the relationships between different groups of plants.
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Adelonema
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Aglaonema
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Alocasia
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Amorphophallus
237 -
Amydrium
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Anadendrum
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Anthurium
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Anubias
12 -
Apoballis
12 -
Aridarum
25 -
Ariopsis
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Arisaema
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Arisarum
7 -
Arum
45 -
Bakoa
4 -
Biarum
29 -
Bognera
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Caladium
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Calla
1 -
Cercestis
10 -
Chlorospatha
69 -
Colocasia
11 -
Cryptocoryne
84 -
Culcasia
28 -
Cyrtosperma
12 -
Dracontium
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Eminium
11 -
Epipremnum
15 -
Filarum
1 -
Furtadoa
3 -
Gamogyne
1 -
Gearum
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Hapaline
8 -
Hestia
1 -
Heteropsis
20 -
Homalomena
144 -
Hottarum
1 -
Incarum
1 -
Jasarum
1 -
Lagenandra
15 -
Lasia
2 -
Lemna
15 -
Mangonia
2 -
Monstera
54 -
Nephthytis
10 -
Ooia
10 -
Orontium
1 -
Philodendron
569 -
Pichinia
1 -
Pinellia
9 -
Piptospatha
14 -
Pistia
1 -
Pothos
59 -
Protarum
1 -
Rhaphidophora
101 -
Rhodospatha
33 -
Sauromatum
10 -
Schismatoglottis
150 -
Scindapsus
36 -
Steudnera
10 -
Stylochaeton
23 -
Syngonium
35 -
Taccarum
6 -
Typhonium
75 -
Ulearum
4 -
Urospatha
11 -
Wolffia
11 -
Wolffiella
10 -
Xanthosoma
89 -
Zantedeschia
10