Order · Monocots

Alismatales

Families

14

Accepted species

5,538sum of its families · Kew WCVP

Genera

209accepted genera · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈129 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Open Alismatales in the treeSee where the order sits among the other land plants.›

Families in Alismatales

• AraceaeAroids — philodendron, monstera, arum4,890
• PotamogetonaceaePondweeds193
• HydrocharitaceaeTape grass, frogbit145
• AlismataceaeWater plantains123
• AponogetonaceaeCape pondweeds60
• JuncaginaceaeArrowgrasses35
• TofieldiaceaeFalse asphodels30
• ZosteraceaeEelgrasses (seagrass)19
• CymodoceaceaeManatee grass (seagrass)18
• RuppiaceaeDitch grasses12
• PosidoniaceaeNeptune grass9
• ButomaceaeFlowering rush2
• ScheuchzeriaceaeRannoch-rush1
• Maundiaceae1