order Liliales


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Related to order Liliales: Liliidae, class Liliopsida, Poales, Alismatales
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Noun1.order Liliales - an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
Liliales
plant order - the order of plants
family Juncaceae, Juncaceae, rush family - tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
Dioscoreaceae, family Dioscoreaceae, yam family - yams
bloodwort family, family Haemodoraceae, Haemodoraceae - some genera placed in family Liliaceae
Liliidae, subclass Liliidae - one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
family Iridaceae, Iridaceae, iris family - large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
Amaryllidaceae, amaryllis family, family Amaryllidaceae - snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
family Hypoxidaceae, Hypoxidaceae - in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
family Trilliaceae, Trilliaceae, trillium family - small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
family Taccaceae, Taccaceae - small family of tropical herbs
Agavaceae, agave family, family Agavaceae, sisal family - chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
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Botanically, agave plants are in the lily order Liliales and the order Asparagales (depending on which botanical taxonomic system you use), both of which define agave as a flowering plant.
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Both families are part of the order Liliales. Other genera that are sometimes included as part of the Liliaceae family are Agave and Yucca (family Agavaceae) and Allium (family Amaryllidaceae).
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