family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"

liliid monocot family - family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils

class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae

family Juncaceae, Juncaceae, rush family - tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes

Araceae, arum family, family Araceae - anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron

Acoraceae, subfamily Acoraceae - used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae

duckweed family, family Lemnaceae, Lemnaceae - family of small free-floating thalloid plants

family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers

Burmanniaceae, family Burmanniaceae - family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers

family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane

Cyperaceae, family Cyperaceae, sedge family - bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant

family Pandanaceae, Pandanaceae, screw-pine family - family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus

cattail family, family Typhaceae, Typhaceae - perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves

bur-reed family, family Sparganiaceae, Sparganiaceae - coextensive with the genus Sparganium

bloodwort family, family Haemodoraceae, Haemodoraceae - some genera placed in family Liliaceae

Cannaceae, family Cannaceae - coextensive with the genus Canna

arrowroot family, family Marantaceae, Marantaceae - tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes

banana family, family Musaceae, Musaceae - treelike tropical Asian herbs

family Strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, Strelitziaceae - woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae

family Zingiberaceae, ginger family, Zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales

Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, family Palmaceae, family Palmae, palm family, Palmaceae, Palmae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales

family Xyridaceae, Xyridaceae, yellow-eyed grass family - plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places

Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae, spiderwort family - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts

Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family - a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance

family Mayacaceae, Mayacaceae - a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales

family Rapateaceae, Rapateaceae - South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae