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• liliid monocot family go
  family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae
  
• Juncaceae, family Juncaceae, rush family go
  tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
  
• Araceae, family Araceae, arum family go
  anthurium
  
• Acoraceae, subfamily Acoraceae go
  used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
  
• Lemnaceae, family Lemnaceae, duckweed family go
  family of small free-floating thalloid plants
  
• Orchidaceae, family Orchidaceae, orchid family go
  enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
  
• Burmanniaceae, family Burmanniaceae go
  family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
  
• Gramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass family go
  the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals
  
• Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family go
  bulrush
  
• Pandanaceae, family Pandanaceae, screw-pine family go
  family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
  
• Typhaceae, family Typhaceae, cattail family go
  perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
  
• Sparganiaceae, family Sparganiaceae, bur-reed family go
  coextensive with the genus Sparganium
  
• Haemodoraceae, family Haemodoraceae, bloodwort family go
  some genera placed in family Liliaceae
  
• Cannaceae, family Cannaceae go
  coextensive with the genus Canna
  
• Marantaceae, family Marantaceae, arrowroot family go
  tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
  
• Musaceae, family Musaceae, banana family go
  treelike tropical Asian herbs
  
• Strelitziaceae, family Strelitziaceae, strelitzia family go
  woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar
  
• Zingiberaceae, family Zingiberaceae, ginger family go
  a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
  
• Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family go
  chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves
  
• Xyridaceae, family Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family go
  plants of tropical to temperate regions
  
• Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family go
  large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
  
• Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family go
  a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
  
• Mayacaceae, family Mayacaceae go
  a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
  
• Rapateaceae, family Rapateaceae go
  South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
  
• Eriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family go
  chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
  
• Pontederiaceae, family Pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family go
  aquatic or bog plants
  
• Naiadaceae, family Naiadaceae, Najadaceae, family Najadaceae, naiad family go
  monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
  
• Alismataceae, family Alismataceae, water-plantain family go
  perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
  
• Hydrocharitaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharidaceae, frogbit family, frog's-bit family go
  simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants
  
• Potamogetonaceae, family Potamogetonaceae, pondweed family go
  plants that grow in ponds and slow streams
  
• Scheuchzeriaceae, family Scheuchzeriaceae, Juncaginaceae, family Juncaginaceae, arrow-grass family go
  a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
  
• Zannichelliaceae, family Zannichelliaceae go
  alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae
  
• Zosteraceae, family Zosteraceae, eelgrass family go
  used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae