#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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