geraniales

Thân thiện

Geraniales includes many flowering plants like geraniums and nasturtiums.

Definition

Noun: 1. A taxonomic order of flowering plants: Geraniales is an order of dicotyledonous plants within the subclass Rosidae. It encompasses several families known for a variety of herbs, shrubs, and trees, often characterized by specific floral structures and fruit types.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The order Geraniales includes the familiar garden geranium.
  • Botanists study the evolutionary relationships within Geraniales.

Advanced Usage

• In botanical classification: The precise composition of the order Geraniales has been revised with modern phylogenetic studies. It serves as a key grouping for understanding plant evolution and relationships among families like Geraniaceae (geraniums) and others listed in the reference.

Variants and Related Words

• Geraniaceae (n): The botanical family within Geraniales that includes true geraniums and pelargoniums.
• Geranial (adj): Pertaining to the order Geraniales or to geraniums.

Synonyms

• Plant order: This is the general category to which Geraniales belongs.

Notes on Different Meanings

• This term has a single, specific meaning in the scientific field of botany and taxonomy. It is not used in everyday general English.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Geraniales
• order Geraniales