#plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
supertype: order.taxonomic_group (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
member of: kingdom_Plantae
subtype: order_Anthocerotales__Anthocerotales hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
subtype: order_Andreaeales__Andreaeales comprises a single genus: Andreaea
subtype: order_Bryales__Bryales category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
subtype: order_Dicranales__Dicranales widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems
subtype: order_Eubryales__Eubryales mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules
subtype: order_Sphagnales__Sphagnales coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
subtype: order_Jungermanniales__Jungermanniales large order of chiefly tropical liverworts
subtype: order_Marchantiales__Marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
subtype: order_Sphaerocarpales__Sphaerocarpales small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
subtype: order_Gnetales__Gnetales chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
subtype: order_Cycadales__Cycadales primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
subtype: order_Bennettitales__Bennettitales fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
subtype: order_Cycadofilicales__Cycadofilicales__Lyginopteridales__order_Lyginopteridales fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
subtype: order_Cordaitales__Cordaitales extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic
subtype: order_Coniferales__Coniferales profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
subtype: order_Taxales__Taxales coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews
subtype: order_Ginkgoales__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
subtype: order_Ranales__Ranales__Ranunculales__order_Ranunculales herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
subtype: order_Myricales__Myricales coextensive with the family Myricaceae
subtype: order_Arales__Arales Araceae; Lemnaceae
subtype: order_Aristolochiales__Aristolochiales order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
subtype: order_Caryophyllales__Caryophyllales__Chenopodiales__order-Chenopodiales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
subtype: order_Opuntiales__Opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
subtype: order_Rhoeadales__Rhoeadales__Papaverales__order_Papaverales an order of dicotyledonous plants
subtype: order_Campanulales__Campanulales an order or plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
subtype: order_Orchidales__Orchidales order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
subtype: order_Primulales__Primulales Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae
subtype: order_Plumbaginales__Plumbaginales coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales
subtype: order_Graminales__Graminales grasses; sedges; rushes
subtype: order_Pandanales__Pandanales families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
subtype: order_Malvales__Malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
subtype: order_Umbellales__Umbellales plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
subtype: order_Proteales__Proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae
subtype: order_Casuarinales__Casuarinales order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae
subtype: order_Ericales__Ericales Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
subtype: family_Ericaceae__Ericaceae__heath_family__heathfamily heathers
subtype: order_Diapensiales__Diapensiales used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae
subtype: order_Fagales__Fagales an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
subtype: order_Gentianales__Gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
subtype: order_Oleales__Oleales coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales
subtype: order_Juglandales__Juglandales coextensive with the family Juglandaceae
subtype: order_Myrtales__Myrtales__Thymelaeales__order_Thymelaeales Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
subtype: order_Musales__Musales tropical plants
subtype: order_Parietales__Parietales__Hypericales__order_Hypericales a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
subtype: order_Guttiferales__Guttiferales used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
subtype: order_Urticales__Urticales an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
subtype: order_Liliales__Liliales an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
subtype: order_Palmales__Palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
subtype: order_Plantaginales__Plantaginales coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
subtype: order_Polygonales__Polygonales coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
subtype: order_Xyridales__Xyridales__Commelinales__order_Commelinales an order of monocotyledonous herbs
subtype: order_Naiadales__Naiadales__Alismales__order_Alismales an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
subtype: order_Rosales__Rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
subtype: order_Rubiales__Rubiales an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary
subtype: order_Geraniales__Geraniales an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
subtype: order_Salicales__Salicales coextensive with the family Salicaceae
subtype: order_Santalales__Santalales order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots
subtype: order_Sapindales__Sapindales an order od dicotyledonous plants
subtype: order_Ebenales__Ebenales trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
subtype: order_Sarraceniales__Sarraceniales plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
subtype: order_Polemoniales__Polemoniales Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
subtype: order_Scrophulariales__Scrophulariales used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales
subtype: order_Ophioglossales__Ophioglossales coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
subtype: order_Rhamnales__Rhamnales an order of dicotyledonous plants
subtype: order_Piperales__Piperales Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
subtype: order_Filicales__Filicales__Polypodiales__order_Polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns
subtype: order_Marattiales__Marattiales lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
subtype: order_Psilotales__Psilotales lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots
subtype: order_Psilophytales__Psilophytales Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
subtype: order_Equisetales__Equisetales lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
subtype: order_Lepidodendrales__Lepidodendrales fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
subtype: order_Lycopodiales__Lycopodiales lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae
subtype: order_Selaginellales__Selaginellales in some classifications included in Lycopodiales
subtype: order_Isoetales__Isoetales aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
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