Pandanales

prop. n.

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An order of plants including the families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; and Pandanaceae.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Pandanales - families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae order Pandanales plant order - the order of plants Arecidae, subclass Arecidae - one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae and Lemnaceae family Pandanaceae, Pandanaceae, screw-pine family - family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus cattail family, family Typhaceae, Typhaceae - perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves bur-reed family, family Sparganiaceae, Sparganiaceae - coextensive with the genus Sparganium