Orchidaceae

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enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers

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The APG II families (left) and their equivalent APG III subfamilies (right) are as follows: Structure of Asparagales Orchid clade Orchidaceae is the largest family of all angiosperms and hence by far the largest in the order. Source: Internet

The Orchidaceae is currently placed in the order Asparagales by the APG III system of 2009. Source: Internet

Of these, the Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Arecaceae, and Iridaceae are monocot families; Piperaceae, Lauraceae, and Annonaceae are magnoliid (acot); the others are eudicot. Source: Internet

The largest family in this group (and in the flowering plants as a whole) by number of species are the orchids (family Orchidaceae ), with more than 20,000 species. Source: Internet

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