Aristolochiales

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an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary. It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.

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Aristolochiales - order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary order Aristolochiales plant order - the order of plants class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family, family Aristolochiaceae - family of birthworts (including wild ginger) family Rafflesiaceae, Rafflesiaceae - a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales family Hydnoraceae, Hydnoraceae - a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants