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Anthocerotales, order Anthocerotales
hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
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Andreaeales, order Andreaeales
comprises a single genus: Andreaea
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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
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Dicranales, order Dicranales
widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems
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Eubryales, order Eubryales
mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules
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Sphagnales, order Sphagnales
coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
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Jungermanniales, order Jungermanniales
large order of chiefly tropical liverworts
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Marchantiales, order Marchantiales
liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
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Sphaerocarpales, order Sphaerocarpales
small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
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Gnetales, order Gnetales
chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
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Cycadales, order Cycadales
primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
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Bennettitales, order Bennettitales
fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
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Cycadofilicales, Lyginopteridales, order Cycadofilicales, order Lyginopteridales
fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
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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
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Coniferales, order Coniferales
profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
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Taxales, order Taxales
coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews
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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
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Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranales, order Ranunculales
herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
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Myricales, order Myricales
coextensive with the family Myricaceae
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Arales, order Arales
Araceae; Lemnaceae
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Aristolochiales, order Aristolochiales
order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
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Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales
corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
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Opuntiales, order Opuntiales
coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
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Papaverales, Rhoeadales, order Papaverales, order Rhoeadales
an order of dicotyledonous plants
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Campanulales, order Campanulales
an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
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Orchidales, order Orchidales
order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
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Primulales, order Primulales
Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae
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Plumbaginales, order Plumbaginales
coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales
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Graminales, order Graminales
grasses; sedges; rushes
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Pandanales, order Pandanales
families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
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Malvales, order Malvales
Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
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Umbellales, order Umbellales
plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
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Proteales, order Proteales
coextensive with the family Proteaceae
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Casuarinales, order Casuarinales
order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae
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Ericales, order Ericales
Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
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Diapensiales, order Diapensiales
used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae
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Fagales, order Fagales
an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
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Gentianales, order Gentianales
an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
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Oleales, order Oleales
coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales
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Juglandales, order Juglandales
coextensive with the family Juglandaceae
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Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales
Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
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Musales, order Musales
tropical plants
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Hypericales, Parietales, order Hypericales, order Parietales
a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
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Guttiferales, order Guttiferales
used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
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Urticales, order Urticales
an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
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Liliales, order Liliales
an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
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Palmales, order Palmales
coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
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Plantaginales, order Plantaginales
coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
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Polygonales, order Polygonales
coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
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Commelinales, Xyridales, order Commelinales, order Xyridales
an order of monocotyledonous herbs
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Alismales, Naiadales, order Alismales, order Naiadales
an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
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Rosales, order Rosales
in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
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Rubiales, order Rubiales
an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary
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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
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Salicales, order Salicales
coextensive with the family Salicaceae
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Santalales, order Santalales
order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots
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Sapindales, order Sapindales
an order of dicotyledonous plants
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Ebenales, order Ebenales
trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
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Sarraceniales, order Sarraceniales
plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
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Polemoniales, order Polemoniales
Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
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Scrophulariales, order Scrophulariales
used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales
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Ophioglossales, order Ophioglossales
coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
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Rhamnales, order Rhamnales
an order of dicotyledonous plants
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Piperales, order Piperales
Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
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Filicales, Polypodiales, order Filicales, order Polypodiales
true (leptosporangiate) ferns
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Marattiales, order Marattiales
lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
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Psilotales, order Psilotales
lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots
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Psilophytales, order Psilophytales
Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
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Equisetales, order Equisetales
lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
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Lepidodendrales, order Lepidodendrales
fossil arborescent plants arising during the early Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
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Lycopodiales, order Lycopodiales
lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae
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Selaginellales, order Selaginellales
in some classifications included in Lycopodiales
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Isoetales, order Isoetales
aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
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Ericaceae, family Ericaceae, heath family
heathers