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| Mayaca fluviatilis 1775 illustration[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Mayacaceae Kunth[1] |
| Genus: | Mayaca Aubl. |
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Mayaca is a genusofflowering plants, often placed in its own family, the Mayacaceae (orMayaceae in earlier systems).[4][5] In the APG II system of 2003, it is assigned to the order Poales in the clade commelinids. The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognised such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae.
The group is widely distributed in Latin America from MexicotoArgentina, as well as in the West Indies, the southeastern United States, and central Africa.[3][6][7][8]
Eighteen or so species names have been proposed,[9] but only 5 are accepted as distinct.[10]
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