Family · Monocots
Mayacaceae
Bog mosses
Single genus of small aquatic or bog herbs with moss-like foliage, mostly from the Americas.
- Accepted species
- 5accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genus
- 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈77 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Where it grows
- Southern America4
- Africa1
- Northern America1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Mayacaceae sits in the order Poales.
- PoaceaeGrasses — wheat, rice, corn, bamboo12,484
- CyperaceaeSedges, papyrus6,073
- BromeliaceaeBromeliads, pineapple3,787
- EriocaulaceaePipeworts1,225
- RestionaceaeCape reeds554
- JuncaceaeRushes535
- XyridaceaeYellow-eyed grasses410
- Rapateaceae97
- TyphaceaeCattails, bur-reeds74
- FlagellariaceaeFalse rattan5
- Thurniaceae4
- JoinvilleaceaeOhe3
- Ecdeiocoleaceae3