Commelinids

important clade of plants (In APG II and III)

The name commelinids is a plant taxonomy plural, not capitalised. It is used by the APG II system for a clade in the monocots. They have cell walls which contain ferulic acid.

commelinids
Scientific classification
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commelinids
Orders

It forms one of three groups in the monocots. The other two groups are the alismatid monocots and the lilioid monocots.