A Digital Flora
of Newfoundland and Labrador
Vascular
Plants
Index 4: Monocots
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Page created October 13, 2001
Page last updated January 6, 2006
Acoraceae: Sweetflag Family
Alismataceae: Water-Plantain Family
Alliaceae: Onion Family (formerly included in Liliaceae)
Araceae: Arum Family
Colchicaceae: Autumn Crocus Family
Convallariaceae: Lily-of-the-Valley Family (formerly included in Liliaceae)
Cyperaceae: Sedge Family ["Genus Carex"]
Cyperaceae: Sedge Family ["Non-Carex"]
Eriocaulaceae: Pipewort Family
Hydrocharitaceae: Frogbit Family (now includes Najadaceae)
Iridaceae: Iris Family
Juncaceae: Rush Family
Juncaginaceae: Arrow Grass Family
Lemnaceae: Duckweed Family
Liliaceae: Lily Family (now excludes Alliaceae, Colchicaceae, Convallariaceae,
Melianthaceae, and Tofieldiaceae)
Melanthiaceae: Melanthium Family (formerly included in Liliaceae)
[Najadaceae: Naiad Family (now included in Hydrocharitaceae)]
Orchidaceae: Orchid Family
Poaceae: Grass Family
Potamogetonaceae: Pondweed Family (Now includes Zannichelliaceae)
Ruppiaceae: Ditch Grass or Tasselweed Family
Scheuchzeriaceae: Scheuchzeria Family
Sparganiaceae: Bur-reed Family
Tofieldiaceae: Tofieldia Family (formerly included in Liliaceae)
Typhaceae: Cattail Family
Xyridaceae: Yellow-Eyed Grass Family
[Zannichelliaceae: Horned Pondweed Family (now included in Potamogetonaceae)]
Zosteraceae: Eelgrass Family
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