order gentianales

1. An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers;
   Gentianaceae;
   Apocynaceae;
   Asclepiadaceae;
   Loganiaceae;
   Oleaceae;
   Salvadoraceae (synset 112310261)
   is a type of: plant order - the order of plants
   member holonym:

   • apocynaceae, dogbane family, family apocynaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
   • family gentianaceae, gentian family, gentianaceae - chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
   • family salvadoraceae, salvadora family, salvadoraceae - a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
   • family oleaceae, oleaceae, olive family - trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
   • buckbean family, family menyanthaceae, menyanthaceae - a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
   • family loganiaceae, loganiaceae - a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales
   • asclepiadaceae, family asclepiadaceae, milkweed family - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
   belongs to: class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
   same as: gentianales

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