Liliopsida

Examples

• All

• The Liliopsida class includes many important agricultural crops.

• The Liliopsida are characterized by having leaves with parallel veins.

• Many cereal crops, such as wheat and corn, belong to the Liliopsida.

• Did you know that Liliopsida is often referred to as monocots?

• The Liliopsida includes many familiar plants such as orchids, lilies, and grasses.

• Most turf grasses belong to the class of flowering plants called Liliopsida.

• In botany, Liliopsida is known for its monocot characteristics like parallel-veined leaves.

Synonyms

C

class Liliopsida

vsLiliopsida

• Specialized

9.1

Flowering plants that have one seed leaf and usually parallel veins, like grasses and palms

is the same class but named in a different formal label

M

Monocotyledonae

vsLiliopsida

• Specialized

9.9

Flowering plants whose seeds have one seed leaf, like grasses, lilies, orchids, and palms

is the same taxonomic unit but given under another traditional name

M

Monocotyledones

vsLiliopsida

• Specialized

9.9

A group of flowering plants with seeds that have one seed leaf, like grasses and orchids

is the same group but uses a different general term

Compounds

C

class Liliopsida

• Specialized

9.1

Flowering plants that have one seed leaf and usually parallel veins, like grasses and palms

How Specific

genus

3 7.5

family

• Specialized

155 4.0

order

• Specialized

66 7.5

Liliopsida

• Specialized

9.9

phylum

• Specialized

4 8.7

kingdom

• Specialized

53 4.8

Surface Forms

Etymology