| Ecdeiocoleaceae | |
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| Ecdeiocolea monostachya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Clade: | Graminid clade |
| Family: | Ecdeiocoleaceae D.F.Cutler & Airy Shaw,[1] |
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The Ecdeiocoleaceae comprise a family of flowering plants with two genera and three species.[2] The botanical name has rarely been recognized by taxonomists.
The APG II system, in 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), does recognize such a family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. Three species in two genera, Ecdeiocolea and Georgeantha, both endemic to Southwest Australia, have been described to date.[3][4][5]
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Briggs, Barbara. "A new close relative of the grasses - the third species of Ecdeiocoleaceae". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ Briggs, B.G. (2011). "Ecdeiocolea rigens, a new species of Ecdeiocoleaceae (Poales) from Western Australia". Telopea. 13 (1/2): 69–75. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.664.6127. doi:10.7751/telopea20116005. ISSN 0312-9764.