In the past, taxa which had petiolate leaves with reticulate venation were considered "primitive" within the monocots, because of the superficial resemblance to the leaves of dicotyledons.
No pasado os taxons que tiñan follas pecioladas con venación reticulada foron considerados "primitivos" dentro das monocotiledóneas, debido ao seu parecido superficial coas dicotiledóneas.