Butomus

Butomus is the only known genus in the plant family Butomaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It is considered invasive in some parts of the United States.[3] Two species are recognized:

Species[4][5]

Flowering rush
Butomus umbellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Butomaceae
Mirb.[1]
Genus: Butomus
L.
Type species
Butomus umbellatus
Species

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Butomus umbellatus[2]

Butomaceae

The Butomaceae family has been recognized by most taxonomists as a plant family; it is sometimes called the "flowering-rush family".

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes such a family, and places it in the order Alismatales, in the clade monocots. The family counts a single species, Butomus umbellatus.

At the ranks of family and order, this is the same placement as in the Cronquist system. However, Cronquist assumed a much smaller order and assigned the order to subclass Alismatidae, in class Liliopsida [=monocotyledons].

References
  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (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, archived from the original on 2017-05-25, retrieved 2010-12-10
  2. illustration from Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
  3. "Flowering rush - Invasive species: Minnesota DNR". www.dnr.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. "Search results — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  5. "Butomaceae in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  6. "Butomus umbellatus in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
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