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unusual facts about monocot



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Ergoline

Like the ergot alkaloids in some monocot plants, the ergoline alkaloids found in the plant Ipomoea asarifolia (Convolvulaceae) are produced by a seed-transmitted epiphytic clavicipitaceous fungus.

Goeppertia

A name created in 1831 by Nees for a monocot genus, now considered to be a synonym of Calathea

Herbertia

Herbertia (journal): An international journal published by the International Bulb Society devoted to the botany and horticulture of geophytic plants with a special emphasis on the Amaryllidaceae and other petaloid monocot families rich in bulbous or cormous plants.

History of plant systematics

Ray, who listed over 18,000 plant species in his works, is credited with establishing the monocot/dicot division and some of his groups — mustards, mints, legumes and grasses — stand today (though under modern family names).

Schoenocephalium teretifolium

Schoenocephalium teretifolium or Inírida flower (from the Spanish: Flor de Inírida) is a monocot which is an endemic plant in the area between the Colombian rivers of Guainia and Inírida.


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