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plant order ThesaurusNoun | 1. | plant order - the order of plantsorder - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more familieskingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plantsAnthocerotales, order Anthocerotales - hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class HepaticopsidaAndreaeales, order Andreaeales - comprises a single genus: AndreaeaBryales, order Bryales - category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular spaceDicranales, order Dicranales - widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stemsEubryales, order Eubryales - mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsulesorder Sphagnales, Sphagnales - coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclassJungermanniales, order Jungermanniales - large order of chiefly tropical liverwortsMarchantiales, order Marchantiales - liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internallyorder Sphaerocarpales, Sphaerocarpales - small order sometimes included in the order JungermannialesGnetales, order Gnetales - chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiospermsCycadales, order Cycadales - primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical formsBennettitales, order Bennettitales - fossil gymnospermous plants of the CarboniferousCycadofilicales, Lyginopteridales, order Cycadofilicales, order Lyginopteridales - fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed fernsCordaitales, 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 eraConiferales, order Coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leavesorder Taxales, Taxales - coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yewsGinkgoales, 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 Coniferalesorder Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; CercidiphyllaceaeMyricales, order Myricales - coextensive with the family MyricaceaeArales, order Arales - Araceae; LemnaceaeAristolochiales, order Aristolochiales - order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovaryCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group CentrospermaeOpuntiales, order Opuntiales - coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactusesorder Papaverales, order Rhoeadales, Papaverales, Rhoeadales - an order of dicotyledonous plantsCampanulales, order Campanulales - an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; CompositaeOrchidales, order Orchidales - order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceaeorder Primulales, Primulales - Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceaeorder Plumbaginales, Plumbaginales - coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order PrimulalesGraminales, order Graminales - grasses; sedges; rushesorder Pandanales, Pandanales - families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; PandanaceaeMalvales, order Malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceaeorder 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 |
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