Hypoxidaceae

Hypoxidaceae
	Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Hypoxidaceae; R.Br.
Genera
	Curculigo Gaertn. (incl. Hypoxidia and Molineria); Empodium Salisb.; Hypoxis L.; Pauridia Harv.; Sinocurculigo Z.J.Liu, L.J.Chen & K.Wei Liu;

Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.^[1]

The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family.^[3]^[1] The family consists of four genera totalling some 160 species.^[4]

The members of the family are small to medium herbs, with grass-like leaves and an invisible stem, modified into a corm or a rhizome. The flowers are born on leafless shoots, also called scapes. The flowers are trimerous, radially symmetric. The ovary is inferior, developing into a capsule or a berry.

Uses

Curculin is a taste modifying sweet protein that was discovered from the fruit of a plant in this family (Curculigo latifolia). Consuming it causes water to taste sweet for a duration.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.
^ Hypoxidaceae R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, hdl:10654/18083
^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.

External links

Media related to Hypoxidaceae at Wikimedia Commons
Hypoxidaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/
links at CSDL, Texas Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

Hypoxidaceae in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

[APG4-1] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 181 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1111/boj.12385. ISSN 0024-4074.

[powo-2] Hypoxidaceae R.Br. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

[APG3-3] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, hdl:10654/18083

[Christenhusz-Byng2016-4] Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.

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