NEXUS
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[Matrix accession#: M280]

BEGIN TAXA;
	TITLE M280;
	DIMENSIONS  NTAX=13;
	TAXLABELS
		Xyridaceae	Velloziaceae	Strelitziaceae	Haemodoraceae	Commelinaceae	Pontederiaceae	Philydraceae	Pandanaceae	Typhaceae	Rapateaceae	Bromelioideae	Pitcairnioideae	Tillandsioideae
	;
END;

BEGIN CHARACTERS;
	TITLE M280;
	DIMENSIONS NCHAR=20;
	FORMAT  SYMBOLS= " 0 1 2 3" MISSING=? GAP=- ;
	CHARSTATELABELS
		1 Oxalate_raphides / _ present absent, 2 Endothecial_thickenings / _ spiral girdle, 3 Pollen_grains / _ mostly_binucleate mostly_trinucleate, 4 Stomates / _ paracytic otherwise, 5 Silica_bodies / _ present absent, 6 Septal_nectaries / _ present absent, 7 Embryo / _ not_curved_linear curved_linear, 8 Endosperm / _ nuclear plasmodial helobial, 9 Number_nuclei_per_tapetal_cell / _ mostly_1_or_4 two, 10 Adventitious_roots_in_or_around / _ may_be_present absent, 11 Chromosome_number / _ 25 '8-14 17 19 24' 15_22_30, 12 Prominent_thick_midrib_of_leaf / _ usually_present absent, 13 Leaf_margins / _ 'frequently spinose-serrate' 'never spinose-serrate', 14 Cell_wall_of_foliar_scale / _ unequally_thickened equally_thickened_throughout, 15 Scale_development / _ daughter_cell_divides_2ce_to_fo daughter_cell_divides_3_times_t, 16 Seed_appendages / _ absent present_and_entire present_and_divided, 17 Ovary / _ always_superior superior_or_inferior usually_inferior, 18 Fruit / _ indehiscent dehiscent, 19 Seed_germination / _ type_A_or_foliaceous types_B_or_C, 	20 Pollen_type / _ sulcate mostly_forminate inaperturate
	;
	MATRIX
		Xyridaceae            2??1221122222??11213
		Velloziaceae          1111211312?12??1321?
		Strelitziaceae        21111121?2212??23213
		Haemodoraceae         11112123?2212??23213
		Commelinaceae         1221122112222??11221
		Pontederiaceae        1211211312222??21???
		Philydraceae          111?221322222??21211
		Pandanaceae           1?1?2211?1311??1?122
		Typhaceae             111?2?1311322??11112
		Rapateaceae           21111??121?12??211?1
		Bromelioideae         11111113112212113122
		Pitcairnioideae       11111113221112122211
		Tillandsioideae       11111113?12221231221
	;
END;