Pandanales
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| Pandanales Temporal range: 75 Ma Late Cretaceous - Recent |
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| Carludovica palmata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales Lindl. |
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Cyclanthaceae |
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Pandanales is an order of flowering plants, with a pantropical distribution.
The APG III system (2009) places the Pandanales in the monocots. Both the APG III and APG II systems include five families in this order:
Thus circumscribed, the order includes palm-like trees, shrubs, lianas, and herbs.
[edit] Older classifications
The circumscriptions in APG III and APG II change slightly from that in the 1998 APG system, which used the circumscription:
The Cronquist system (1981) placed the order in subclass Arecidae in class Liliopsida [=monocotyledons] with only one family:
The Wettstein system (1935) placed the order in class Monocotyledones and used a different circumscription, incorporating:
The Bentham & Hooker system (1883) had a similar order under the name Nudifloreae, incorporating:
[edit] Uses
Several species in this order produce strap-like leaves that are used for basketry; Pandanus (Pandanaceae) is used across Oceania for thatch, basketry, and to make cloth, and Carludovica palmata (Cyclanthaceae) leaves are made into Panama hats.
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