plant order

1. The order of plants (synset 111555128)
   is a type of: order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
   subtypes:

   • 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 caryophyllales, order-chenopodiales - 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
   • isoetales, order isoetales - aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
   belongs to: kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants

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