Gentianales

Gentianales
	Gentiana cruciata
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales; Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Faimilies
	Apocynaceae; Gelsemiaceae; Gentianaceae; Loganiaceae; Rubiaceae;
Synonyms
	Apocynales Bercht. & J.Presl; Asclepiadales Bercht. & J.Presl; Chironiales Griseb.; Cinchonales Lindl.; Galiales Bromhead; Loganiales Lindl.; Lygodisodeales Mart.; Rubiales Bercht. & J.Presl; Strychnales Link; Theligonales Nakai; Vincales Horan.;

Gentianales is an order o flouerin plants, includit within the asterid clade o eudicots. It comprises mair nor 16,000 species in aboot 1,138 genera in 5 faimilies.^[1] Mair nor 80% o the species belang tae the Rubiaceae faimily.

Taxonomy

The follaein faimilies are includit accordin tae the APG III seestem:^[1]

Faimily Apocynaceae (424 genera)
Faimily Gelsemiaceae (2 genera)
Faimily Gentianaceae (87 genera)
Faimily Loganiaceae (13 genera)
Faimily Rubiaceae (611 genera)

References

↑ ^a ^b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.

[APGIII2009-1] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.

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