order Sarraceniales

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order Sarraceniales - plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae Sarraceniales 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 family Sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family, Sarraceniaceae - insectivorous plants pitcher plant - any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales family Nepenthaceae, Nepenthaceae - coextensive with the genus Nepenthes Droseraceae, family Droseraceae, sundew family - a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs family Roridulaceae, Roridulaceae - in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae