Lily Lilies
Early in the development of flowering plants, a new class split off from the magnolias. These plants sprouted with just one embryonic leaf (monocotyledon) instead of two (dicotyledon), and their leaves are long and narrow with several major leaf veins running parallel instead of a single major leaf vein with auxiliary veins radiating from it. This class is the lilies. Of course this is evolution in action, so this division isn't that clear cut, There are some monocots with dicot characteristics and some dicots with monocot characteristics - its just to keep us confused.


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Only lineages used for food are listed here, there are many more that are not.
Classification follows APG II system for the most part.

Clade Monocotyledon (Class Liliopsida)
  • Order Asparagales
    • Family Alliaceae
    • Family Asparagaceae
    • Family Orchidaceae
  • Order Poales
    • Family Poaceae - True grasses
    • Family Bromeliaceae - Bromeliads
  • Order Zingiberales
  • Order Arecales
    • Family Arecaceae - Palms
      • Genus/spc. Cocos nucifera - Coconut
      • Genus/spc. Bactris gasipaes - Peach Palm - (hearts of palm)
      • Genus/spc. Borassus flabellifer - Palmyra Palm - Toddy Palm, Sugar Palm
      • Genus/spc. Elaeis oleifera, E. guineensis - Oil Palm
      • Genus/spc. Euterpe oleracea, E. precatoria. - Assai Palm (hearts of palm)
      • Genus/spc. Metroxylon sagu - Sago Palm
      • Genus/spc. Phoenix dactylifera - Date Palm
      • Genus/spc. Salacca zalacca - Salak Palm
      • Genus/spc. Areca catechu - Betel palm
  • Order Alismatales
    • Family Alismataceae - Water-plantains
      • Genus/spc. Sagittaria sagittifolia - Arrowhead
  • Order Pandanales
    • Family Pandanaceae
      • Genus/spc.Pandanus amaryllifolius - Pandanus - screwpine
  • Order Liliales
    • Family Liliaceae - Lilies

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