English: Dayflower family; Spiderwort family.
DD: Silicon,
Phosphorus;
Nitrogenium,
Natrium, Silicon, Muriaticum.
Clades:
Commelinales;
Commelinoids;
Liliidae;
Lilianae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
IntroductionCommelinaceae is a
Family in
Commelinales in the
Apg3 classification.
In the
Plant theory Commelinaceae is placed in
Commelinales, in
Phase 3.
Commelinaceae is split in its two Subfamilies
Commelinoideae and
Tradescantioideae in
Subphase 3 and 4 respectively.
Botany: 40 genera; 650 species; great variation in morphology, especially of the flower and inflorescence, flowers short-lived, lasting for a day or less, offer only pollen; deceive pollinators by appearing to offer a larger reward than is actually present. This is accomplished with various adaptations such as yellow hairs or broad anther connectives that mimic pollen, or staminodes that lack pollen but appear like fertile stamens.
Genera: Aetheolirion, Amischotolype, Aneilema, Anthericopsis, Belosynapsis, Buforrestia, Callisia, Cartonema, Cochliostema, Coleotrype, Commelina, Cyanotis, Dichorisandra, Dictyospermum, Elasis, Floscopa, Geogenanthus, Gibasis, Gibasoides, Matudanthus, Murdannia, Palisota, Plowmanianthus, Pollia, Polyspatha, Porandra, Pseudoparis, Rhopalephora, Sauvallea, Siderasis, Spatholirion, Stanfieldiella, Streptolirion, Tapheocarpa, Thyrsanthemum, Tinantia, Tradescantia, Tricarpelema, Triceratella, Tripogandra, Weldenia.