Family · Monocots
Philydraceae
Frogsmouths
Small family of marsh herbs from Asia and Australasia with yellow flowers and a single fertile stamen.
- Accepted species
- 6accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈14 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Philydrum lanuginosum
- Helmholtzia
- Philydrella
Genera
Helmholtzia3 spp.
Philydrella2 spp.
Philydrum1 spp.
Where it grows
- Australasia5
- Asia-Tropical2
- Asia-Temperate1
- Pacific1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Philydraceae sits in the order Commelinales.