A Digital Flora
of Newfoundland and Labrador
Vascular
Plants
Index 4: Monocots
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Page created October 13, 2001
Page last updated August 12, 2009
Acoraceae: Sweetflag Family
Alismataceae: Water-Plantain Family
Alliaceae: Onion Family
Amaryllidaceae: Amaryllis Family
Araceae: Arum Family. (Now includes Lemnaceae)
Colchicaceae: Autumn Crocus Family
Cyperaceae: Sedge Family ["Genus Carex"]
Cyperaceae: Sedge Family ["Non-Carex"]
Eriocaulaceae: Pipewort Family
Hyacinthaceae: Hyacinth Family
Hydrocharitaceae: Frogbit Family (now includes Najadaceae)
Iridaceae: Iris Family
Juncaceae: Rush Family
Juncaginaceae: Arrow Grass Family
[Lemnaceae: Duckweed Family. Now included in Araceae]
Liliaceae: Lily Family (now excludes Alliaceae, Colchicaceae, Convallariaceae [now Ruscaceae],
Melianthaceae, and Tofieldiaceae)
Melanthiaceae: Melanthium Family
Orchidaceae: Orchid Family
Poaceae: Grass Family
Potamogetonaceae: Pondweed Family (Now includes Zannichelliaceae)
Ruppiaceae: Ditch Grass or Tasselweed Family
Ruscaceae: Lily-of-the-Valley Family
Scheuchzeriaceae: Scheuchzeria Family
Sparganiaceae: Bur-reed Family
Tofieldiaceae: Tofieldia Family
Typhaceae: Cattail Family
Xyridaceae: Yellow-Eyed Grass Family
[Zannichelliaceae: Horned Pondweed Family (now included in Potamogetonaceae)]
Zosteraceae: Eelgrass Family
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