Overview
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A Superorder in the Kingdom Plantae.
Taxonomy
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The Superorder Dioscoreanae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Order (4): Dioscoreales · Liliales · Pandanales · Stemonales
Orders
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Dioscoreales
Dioscoreales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Dioscoreaceae. [more]
Liliales
Liliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another. Well known plants from the order include Lilium (lily), tulip, the North American wildflower Trillium, and greenbrier. [more]
Pandanales
Pandanales is an order of flowering plants, with a pantropical distribution. [more]
Stemonales
More info about the Order Stemonales may be found here.
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