Solanales

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at least the following:

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• Solanaceae
• Convolvulaceae

and others, varying between

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classification systems; for

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details see text

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The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order.

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The following families are included here in newer systems:

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• Family Solanaceae (nightshade family)
• Family Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
• Family Montiniaceae
• Family Sphenocleaceae
• Family Hydroleaceae

Under the older Cronquist system, the latter three families were placed elsewhere, and a number of others were included:

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• Family Duckeodendraceae
• Family Nolanaceae
• Family Cuscutaceae
• Family Retziaceae
• Family Menyanthaceae
• Family Polemoniaceae
• Family Hydrophyllaceae
Solanales: References ►



 

Order: Order (from Latin ordo "row, rank, series, arrangement", Old French ordre from the Latin accusative, ordinem, attested in English from the 1220s). The word conveys a notion of "a system of parts subject to certain uniform, established ranks or proportions", an idea very central to scholastic thoug...

Flowering plant: Magnoliopsida - Dicots...