Representatives of 12 Poales families. (a) Tillandsia tovarensis (Bromeliaceae), epiphytic in cloud forest, Kuelap, N Peru. (b) Insect‐pollinated Rhynchospora colorata (Cyperaceae), in forest gaps, S Ecuador. (c) Ecdeiocolea rigens (Ecdeiocoleaceae), arid heath, SW Australia. (d) Paepalanthus ensifolius (Eriocaulaceae), in cloud forest, Podocarpus National Park, S Ecuador. (e) Flagellaria indica (Flagellariaceae), rocky savannah, NW Australia. (f) Mayaca fluviatilis (Mayacaceae), wetlands, Singapore. (g) Micraira sp. Purnululu (Poaceae), a rapid‐resurrection species from sandstone pavements in NW Australia. (h) Guacamaya superba (Rapataceae) in a sedge and grass swamp in E Colombia. (i) Lepidobolus preissii (Restionaceae) from sandy heath, SW Australia. (j) Prionium serratum (Thurniaceae) in fynbos, Cape Province, South Africa. (k) Sparganium japonicum (Typhaceae) from wetlands in E Russia. (l) Xyris complanata (Xyridaceae) from an ephemeral wetland in savannah, NW Australia. Photos by Russell Barrett; except for (f, h, j, k), all posted on iNaturalist as CC‐BY‐NC; (f) by CheongWeei Gan; (h) by Carlos Eduardo; (j) by Linda Hibbin; (k) by Sergei Prokopenko.