Geraniales | |
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Geranium palustre | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
(unranked): | Eurosids II |
Order: | Geraniales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl[1] |
Faimilies (APG III) | |
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Geraniales are a smaa order o flouerin plants, includit within the rosid subgroup o eudicots. The lairgest faimily in the order is Geraniaceae wi ower 800 species. In addeetion, the order includes some smaa faimilies, contributin thegither anither less nor 40 species. Maist Geraniales are yerbaceous, but thare are shrubs an smaa trees an aa.[citation needit]
The economic importance o Geraniales is law. Some species o the genus Pelargonium are cultivatit for their aromatic ile uised in the perfume industry. Some ither species, an aa maistly Geraniaceae, hae horticultural or medicinal uises.[citation needit]
Paleobotanic record is missin.[citation needit]
The faimily circumscription o the APG III seestem classification is typical o newer arrangements. In this defineetion, Hypseocharitaceae is includit within Geraniaceae, Francoaceae an Greyiaceae are includit within Melianthaceae, an Ledocarpaceae is includit within the Vivianiaceae.[1]
Unner the Cronquist seestem, the Geraniales haed a different composeetion, comprisin the follaein faimilies:
The Vivianiaceae an Ledocarpaceae wur included within the Geraniaceae, an the Hypseocharitaceae within the Oxalidaceae, which are nou treatit in the order Oxalidales. The Melianthaceae wur placed within the Sapindales, the Greyiaceae an Francoaceae within the Rosales, the latter subsumed within the Saxifragaceae.[citation needit]