Hypoxidaceae

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Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Hypoxidaceae R.Br.[1]
Genera[2]
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

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

• Hypoxidaceae in West African plants – A Photo Guide.