order alismales

1. An order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants (synset 112631694)
   is a type of: plant order - the order of plants
   member holonym:

   • family naiadaceae, family najadaceae, naiad family, naiadaceae, najadaceae - monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
   • alismataceae, family alismataceae, water-plantain family - perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
   • family hydrocharidaceae, family hydrocharitaceae, frog's-bit family, frogbit family, hydrocharidaceae, hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
   • family potamogetonaceae, pondweed family, potamogetonaceae - plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
   • arrow-grass family, family juncaginaceae, family scheuchzeriaceae, juncaginaceae, scheuchzeriaceae - a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
   • family zannichelliaceae, zannichelliaceae - alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
   • eelgrass family, family zosteraceae, zosteraceae - used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae
   belongs to: class liliopsida, class monocotyledonae, class monocotyledones, liliopsida, monocotyledonae, monocotyledones - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
   same as: alismales, naiadales, order naiadales

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