Family

Plant Group

Thymelaeaceae

Simple leaves and very small flowers with a long floral tube spreading into four short lobes at the top, a small calyx and no petals, stamens 2, 4 or 7, ovary superior.

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Dicotyledon

Tribonemataceae

Algae

Typhaceae

Robust herbs that are often growing in shallow water. Leaves are alternate and distichous, and mostly inserted near the base of branches. Inflorescence is composed of 2 densely flowered cylindrical spike-like parts near the tips.

Monocotyledon