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Alismatidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semiaquatic herbs

subclass Alismatidae

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

class Liliopsida, class Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledones, Liliopsida, Monocotyledonae, Monocotyledones - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae

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These occur in Alismatales (or Alismatidae) mostly.

Monocot xylem revisited: new information, new paradigms

Plants in many families have evolved to get a little bit wet, but only the small seagrass group in the subclass Alismatidae have managed to go all the way to gather their light and pass on their genes completely under saltwater.

Botanical whales: adventures in the Tortugas reveal that seagrass fields need saving too

Las celulas buliformes, observadas en la superficie abaxial del foliolo, son frecuentes en todos los ordenes de monocotiledoneas, excepto en las helobiales (Alismatidae) (Esau 1972).

Anatomia micrografica del foliolo de la palma neotropical: Bactris gasipaes (Arecaceae)

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