Definition of plant order Plant order
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| plant order - the order of plants | ||
| order the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" | ||
| kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants | ||
| anthocerotales, order anthocerotales hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida | ||
| andreaeales, order andreaeales comprises a single genus: Andreaea | ||
| bryales, order bryales category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space | ||
| dicranales, order dicranales widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems | ||
| eubryales, order eubryales mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules | ||
| order sphagnales, sphagnales coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass | ||
| jungermanniales, order jungermanniales large order of chiefly tropical liverworts | ||
| marchantiales, order marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally | ||
| order sphaerocarpales, sphaerocarpales small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales | ||
| gnetales, order gnetales chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms | ||
| cycadales, order cycadales primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms | ||
| bennettitales, order bennettitales fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous | ||
| cycadofilicales, lyginopteridales, order cycadofilicales, order lyginopteridales fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns | ||
| cordaitales, order cordaitales extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era | ||
| coniferales, order coniferales profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves | ||
| order taxales, taxales coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews | ||
| ginkgoales, order ginkgoales coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales | ||
| order ranales, order ranunculales, ranales, ranunculales herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae | ||
| myricales, order myricales coextensive with the family Myricaceae | ||
| arales, order arales Araceae; Lemnaceae | ||
| aristolochiales, order aristolochiales order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary | ||
| caryophyllales, chenopodiales, order-chenopodiales, order caryophyllales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae | ||
| opuntiales, order opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses | ||
| order papaverales, order rhoeadales, papaverales, rhoeadales an order of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| campanulales, order campanulales an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae | ||
| orchidales, order orchidales order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae | ||
| order primulales, primulales Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae | ||
| order plumbaginales, plumbaginales coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales | ||
| graminales, order graminales grasses; sedges; rushes | ||
| order pandanales, pandanales families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae | ||
| malvales, order malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae | ||
| order umbellales, umbellales plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs) | ||
| order proteales, proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae | ||
| casuarinales, order casuarinales order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae | ||
| ericales, order ericales Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae | ||
| diapensiales, order diapensiales used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae | ||
| fagales, order fagales an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae | ||
| gentianales, order gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae | ||
| oleales, order oleales coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales | ||
| juglandales, order juglandales coextensive with the family Juglandaceae | ||
| myrtales, order myrtales, order thymelaeales, thymelaeales Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae | ||
| musales, order musales tropical plants | ||
| hypericales, order hypericales, order parietales, parietales a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae | ||
| guttiferales, order guttiferales used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales | ||
| order urticales, urticales an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae | ||
| liliales, order liliales an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae | ||
| order palmales, palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms | ||
| order plantaginales, plantaginales coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae | ||
| order polygonales, polygonales coextensive with the family Polygonaceae, | ||
| commelinales, order commelinales, order xyridales, xyridales an order of monocotyledonous herbs | ||
| alismales, naiadales, order alismales, order naiadales an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants | ||
| order rosales, rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae | ||
| order rubiales, rubiales an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary | ||
| geraniales, order geraniales an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae | ||
| order salicales, salicales coextensive with the family Salicaceae | ||
| order santalales, santalales order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots | ||
| order sapindales, sapindales an order of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| ebenales, order ebenales trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae | ||
| order sarraceniales, sarraceniales plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae | ||
| order polemoniales, polemoniales Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales | ||
| order scrophulariales, scrophulariales used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales | ||
| ophioglossales, order ophioglossales coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae | ||
| order rhamnales, rhamnales an order of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| order piperales, piperales Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae | ||
| filicales, order filicales, order polypodiales, polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns | ||
| marattiales, order marattiales lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae | ||
| order psilotales, psilotales lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots | ||
| order psilophytales, psilophytales Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants | ||
| equisetales, order equisetales lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian | ||
| lepidodendrales, order lepidodendrales fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous | ||
| lycopodiales, order lycopodiales lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae | ||
| order selaginellales, selaginellales in some classifications included in Lycopodiales | ||
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