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Pandanales

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prop. n.1.An order of plants including the families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; and Pandanaceae.
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Noun1.Pandanales - families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
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


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Comparative structure and development of pollen and tapetum in Pandanales.
The major clades can be grouped for convenience into: 1) basal monocots (Acorus and Alismatales); 2) a polyphyletic assemblage of five clades of lilioid monocots (Asparagales, Liliales, Dioseoreales, Pandanales and Petrosaviaceae); and 3) a monophyletic group encompassing all the commelinid monocots, including bromeliads, grasses, sedges, rushes, palms and gingers (Fig.
 
 
 
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