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111Cornales — ▪ plant order Introduction dogwood order of flowering plants, comprising 7 families and almost 600 species. The main families are Cornaceae, Hydrangeaceae, and Loasaceae. The other families are Nyssaceae, which is sometimes included in… …
112Crossosomatales — ▪ plant order rockflower order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, belonging to the basal rosid group of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II (APG II) botanical classification system (see angiosperm). The order is a heterogeneous assemblage of …
113Dilleniales — ▪ plant order order of dicotyledonous (dicotyledon) flowering plants, comprising one family (Dilleniaceae), with 10 genera and about 300 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines (or rarely herbs) of the tropics and subtropics.… …
114Dioscoreaceae — ▪ plant family the yam family of the flowering plant order Dioscoreales, consisting of 4 genera and 870 species of herbaceous or woody vines and shrubs, distributed throughout tropical and warm temperate regions. Members of the family have… …
115horse sugar — ▪ plant either of two shrubs or small trees in the genus Symplocos, with 320 species, of the family Symplocaceae. S. paniculata, also known as sapphire berry, is a shrub or small tree native to eastern Asia but cultivated in other regions.… …
116Ranunculales — ▪ plant order the buttercup order of flowering plants, containing 7 families, 199 genera, and 4,445 species. Members of the order range from annual and perennial herbs to herbaceous or woody vines, shrubs, and, in a few cases, trees. They… …
117Rutaceae — ▪ plant family family of flowering plants belonging to the order Sapindales and valuable as a source of edible fruit and as ornamentals. Known as the citrus, or rue, family, the Rutaceae includes woody shrubs and trees (and a few herbaceous …
118Verbenaceae — ▪ plant family family of plants, in the order Lamiales, a worldwide but mainly tropical grouping of 30 genera and some 1,100 species, some of which are important for their flowers. Members of the family, sometimes known as Verbena or… …
119Vitales — ▪ plant order grape order of flowering plants, a basal member in the rosid group of the core eudicots in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II (APG II) botanical classification system (see angiosperm). The order consists of the single family… …
120Zygophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction the creosote bush order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 2 families (Zygophyllaceae and Krameriaceae), 27 genera, and about 300 species. Members are herbs or shrubs, rarely hemiparasites, and largely… …
