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Hypoxidaceae
Family of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hypoxidaceae is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.[1]
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The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the 1998, 2003, and 2009 versions) recognizes this family.[3][1] The family consists of five genera,[2] with 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.
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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]
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