liliopsida meaning

Noun: Liliopsida

1. 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
   - Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, class Liliopsida

Type of: class

Part of: Angiospermae, Anthophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Magnoliophyta

Encyclopedia: Liliopsida

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1. These systems usually placed Lilianae within subclass Liliidae of class Liliopsida.
2. Therefore, in practice the name Liliopsida will almost surely refer to the usage as in the Cronquist system.
3. However, Cronquist assumed a much smaller order and assigned the order to subclass Alismatidae, in class Liliopsida [ = monocotyledons ].
4. The Cronquist system of 1981 also recognized this family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.
5. The Cronquist system of 1981 also recognized this family and placed it in the order Restionales, in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.