Acoraceae, the sweet flag family, is the only family in this order.

Focus Organisms:

• Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus) - Shoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT

Families: Agapanthaceae (African lily family), Alismataceae (water-plantain family), Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family), Araceae (arum family), Butomaceae (flowering rush family), Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae (tape-grass family), Juncaginaceae (arrow-grass family), Limnocharitaceae (water-poppy family), Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae (pondweed family), Ruppiaceae (ditch-grass family), Scheuchzeriaceae, Tofieldiaceae, Zannichelliaceae (horned pondweed family), Zosteraceae

Focus Organisms:

• Elephant's Ear (Alocasia amazonica) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Water Lettuce (Pistia sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Arrowheads (Sagittaria spp.) - Climatron, Woodland Garden and Chinese Garden at MOBOT

Families: Agavaceae (agave family), Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family), Anemarrhenaceae, Anthericaceae, Aphyllanthaceae, Asparagaceae (asparagus family), Asphodelaceae (aloe family), Asteliaceae, Behniaceae, Blandfordiaceae, Boryaceae, Camassiaceae, Convallariaceae (lily-of-the-valley family), Doryanthaceae, Dracaenaceae, Eriospermaceae, Hemerocallidaceae (day-lily family), Herreriaceae, Hyacinthaceae (hyacinth family), Hypoxidaceae, Iridaceae (iris family), Ixiolirionaceae, Lanariaceae, Laxmanniaceae, Nolinaceae, Orchidaceae (orchid family), Phormiaceae, Ruscaceae, Tecophilaeaceae, Themidaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae, Xeronemataceae

• Agave (Agave sp.) - Big Bend National Park
• Aloe Vera (Aloe vera) - Schoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT
• Yucca (Yucca sp.) - Big Bend National Park
• Orchid - Powell Gardens, MOBOT
• Orchid 2 - Climatron at MOBOT
• Orchid 3 - Climatron at MOBOT
• Daffodil 1 (Narcissus sp.) - Powell Gardens, MOBOT
• Daffodil 2 (Narcissus sp.) - Powell Gardens, MOBOT

Families: Burmanniaceae, Corsiaceae, Dioscoreaceae (yam family), Nartheciaceae, Taccaceae, Thismiaceae, Trichopodaceae

Focus Organisms:

• Wild Yam (Dioscorea sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT

Families: Alstroemeriaceae, Colchicaceae (autumn-crocus family), Liliaceae (lily family), Luzuriagaceae, Melanthiaceae, Philesiaceae, Ripogonaceae, Smilacaceae (catbrier famly), Trilliaceae (trillium family)

Focus Organisms:

• Tulips (Tulipa sp.) - Linnean House at MOBOT
• Lilies (Lilium spp.) - many locations at MOBOT
• Trilliums (Trillium spp.) - Woodland Garden at MOBOT

Families: Cyclanthaceae (panama-hat family), Pandanaceae (screw-pine family), Stemonaceae, Velloziaceae

Focus Organisms:

• Screw Pine (Pandanus copelandii) - Climatron at MOBOT
  The tree is so named because of the pattern of its leaves (hardly noticeable in the picture). Also check out the above ground roots.
• Panama Hat Plant (Carludovica sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Asplundia sp. - Climatron at MOBOT
• Veitch Screw Pine (Pandanus sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT

The palm family, Arecaceae, is the only family in this order.

Focus Organisms:

• Everglades Palm (Acoelorraphe sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Pacaya (Chamaedorea sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Sugar Palm (Arenga pinnata) - Climatron at MOBOT
  The size of the fan-shaped leaves is distorted by the smaller Bird's Nest Fern leaves in the foreground. The palm is about 15-20 feet back and the width of each leaf is approximately 5 feet!
• Talipot (Corypha sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT

Families: Commelinaceae (spiderwort family), Haemodoraceae (bloodwort family), Hanguanaceae, Philydraceae, Pontederiaceae (water-hyacinth family)

Focus Organisms:

• Palisota sp. - Climatron at MOBOT
• Xiphidium sp. - Climatron at MOBOT
• Pickerel Weed (Pontedaria sp.) - Dry Streambed Garden at MOBOT

Families: Anarthriaceae, Bromeliaceae (bromeliad family), Centrolepidaceae, Cyperaceae (sedge family), Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae (pipewort family), Flagellariaceae, Hopkinsiaceae, Hydatellaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae (rush family), Lyginiaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae (grass family), Prioniaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Sparganiaceae (bur-reed family), Thurniaceae, Typhaceae (cattail famly), Xyridaceae (yellow-eye grass family)

Focus Organisms:

• Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerdardii) - Konza Prairie
• Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) - Konza Prairie
• Indian Grass (Sorgashastrum nutans) - Konza Prairie
• Papyrus (Cyperus spp.) - Schoenberg Temperate House at MOBOT
• Living Vase (Aechmea sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Tillandsia sp. - Climatron at MOBOT
• Pineapple (Ananas sp.) - Peru
• Pineapple (Ananas comosus) - Climatron at MOBOT (Zoom in on the young, red fruit.)
• Portea sp. - Climatron at MOBOT

Families: Cannaceae (canna family), Costaceae, Heliconiaceae, Lowiaceae, Marantaceae (prayer-plant family), Musaceae (banana family), Strelitziaceae (bird-of-paradise family), Zingiberaceae (ginger family)

Focus Organisms:

• Alpinia (Alpinia oceanica) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Ginger Lily (Hedychium sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Wild Plantain (Heliconia sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT (Zoom in on the flower.)
• Heliconia sp. - Climatron at MOBOT
• Banana (Musa sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT
• Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura) - Climatron at MOBOT
  "Why are these plants called prayer plants? There is a swelling at the base of each leaf blade called a pulvinus. The pulvinus causes the leaf blade to move upwards at night, looking very much like hands held together in prayer." [On a sign by the plants at MOBOT]
• Spiral Flag (Costus sp.) - Climatron at MOBOT

Families: Dasypogonaceae

Focus Organisms:

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