Hypoxidaceae

Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
R.Br.[1]
Genera[2]

Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[1]

The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family.[3][1] The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species.[4]

The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes. The flowers are trimerous, radially symmetric. The ovary is inferior, developing into a capsule or a berry.

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  2. ^ Hypoxidaceae R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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