Parietales

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Parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae Hypericales, order Hypericales, order Parietales plant order - the order of plants family Loasaceae, loasa family, Loasaceae - family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae - a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder begonia family, Begoniaceae, family Begoniaceae - monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America Dilleniaceae, family Dilleniaceae - chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia Clusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae, Guttiferae, St John's wort family - widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber family Hypericaceae, Hypericaceae - used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae Actinidiaceae, family Actinidiaceae - tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines canella family, Canellaceae, family Canellaceae - one genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies Caricaceae, family Caricaceae, papaya family - trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves Caryocaraceae, family Caryocaraceae - small genus of tropical South American trees Cistaceae, family Cistaceae, rockrose family - shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean Dipterocarpaceae, family Dipterocarpaceae - chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family, Flacourtiaceae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs family Fouquieriaceae, Fouquieriaceae - small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States family Ochnaceae, ochna family, Ochnaceae - family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves family Passifloraceae, Passifloraceae, passionflower family - tropical woody tendril-climbing vines family Resedaceae, mignonette family, Resedaceae - mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette family Tamaricaceae, Tamaricaceae, tamarisk family - family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes) family Violaceae, Violaceae, violet family - a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus family Theaceae, tea family, Theaceae - a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales