order Musales

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order Musales - tropical plants Musales plant order - the order of plants Commelinidae, subclass Commelinidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae Cannaceae, family Cannaceae - coextensive with the genus Canna arrowroot family, family Marantaceae, Marantaceae - tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes banana family, family Musaceae, Musaceae - treelike tropical Asian herbs family Strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, Strelitziaceae - woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae family Zingiberaceae, ginger family, Zingiberaceae - a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales

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