PHILYDRACEAE
Morphological description
Herbs.
Leaves
Leaves linear, crowded, distichous, nerves parallel.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence.
Flowers
Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, tepals 4, ovary superior, ovules many.
Fruit
Fruit.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Liliaceae (Astelia): flowers actinomorphic, 3-merous. - Iridaceae: ovary inferior.
Distribution: The family is rare outside Australia. In Malesia 2 genera, Helmholtzia and Philydrium, both occurring in wet places.
Notes: notes.
Literature: C. Skottsberg, Fl. Males. I, 4 (1948) 5-7.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): nr.
Illustrations: Fig. 140. Philydrum lanuginosum Banks (Philydraceae). Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 4 (1948) 6, fig. 1.
Images of Philydraceae see Kew Plants of the World Online for Philydraceae