Ecdeiocoleaceae

Ecdeiocoleaceae
	Ecdeiocolea monostachya , illustration; (MR, bottom and right)
Systematics
Subdivision :	Seed plants (Spermatophytina)
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
	Commelinids
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Ecdeiocoleaceae
Scientific name
	Ecdeiocoleaceae
	DFCutler & Airy Shaw

The Ecdeiocoleaceae are a family of plants belonging to the sweet grass-like (Poales). There are only two monotypical genera in this family , i.e. only two species. The two species of the Ecdeiocoleaceae are endemic and are only found in southwestern Australia .

Ecdeiocolea monostachya

description

The two species of Ecdeiocoleaceae are perennial herbaceous plants , with rhizomes . The alternately arranged leaves are (reduced to scales), simple, sessile, parallel-veined and entire.

Some flowers are grouped together in small, spiked inflorescences . They are single sexed ( monoecious ); in the spikelets are female and male flowers together. The small, unisexual flowers are threefold. There are six different polymorphic bloom present. There are four or six fertile , free stamens in the male flowers . In the female flowers are two carpels to a top permanent ovary grown, there are two free pen , each with a scar there. The pollination is carried by the wind ( anemophily ).

Solitary capsule fruits or achenes are formed.

Systematics

There are only (one or) two genera with only three species in the Ecdeiocoleaceae family:

Ecdeiocolea F. Muell. : With only two types:
- Ecdeiocolea monostachya F. Muell. : Grows on acidic soils in southwestern Australia and reaches heights of 0.4 to 1 m and a plant diameter of 1 m. The male flowers contain four stamens.
- Ecdeiocolea rigens B.G. Briggs : It wasfirst describedin 2011 from west-southwestern Western Australia .
Georgeantha B.G. Briggs & LASJohnson : With only one species:
- Georgeantha hexandra B.G. Briggs & LASJohnson : Grows in western-southwest Australia in seasonal wetlands on sand and reaches heights of 0.5 to 0.8 m.

These two species used to be in the Restionaceae family . The closest relatives are the Joinvilleaceae and Poaceae .

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The family of ecdeiocoleaceae in APWebsite. (English)
The Ecdeiocoleaceae family at DELTA by L. Watson and MJDallwitz . (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Ecdeiocoleaceae. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 22, 2018.
↑ Profile of the species with map of the location in the Western Australian Flora. (English)
↑ Profile of the species with map of the location in the Western Australian Flora. (English)

Web links

Commons : Ecdeiocoleaceae - collection of images, videos and audio files

[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Ecdeiocoleaceae. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 22, 2018.

[2] Profile of the species with map of the location in the Western Australian Flora. (English)

[3] Profile of the species with map of the location in the Western Australian Flora. (English)