order Xyridales

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order Xyridales - an order of monocotyledonous herbs Commelinales, order Commelinales, Xyridales plant order - the order of plants Commelinidae, subclass Commelinidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae family Xyridaceae, Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family - plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family - a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance family Mayacaceae, Mayacaceae - a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales family Rapateaceae, Rapateaceae - South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae Eriocaulaceae, family Eriocaulaceae, pipewort family - chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts family Pontederiaceae, pickerelweed family, Pontederiaceae - aquatic or bog plants