Clade Monocots
Parent taxon: Mesangiosperms according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Ceratophyllales, Chloranthales, Eudicots, Magnoliid
Subtaxa: Acorales Aglaoreidia Araceae Arecaceae Arecales Asparagales Commelinales Commelinids Dioscoreales Liliaceae Liliales Pandanales Petrosaviales Poales Zingiberales
Ecology: "photoautotroph"