Casuarinales (Noun)
Meaning
Order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Casuarinales are an order of flowering plants that make up a small and ancient lineage of mostly trees and shrubs.
- The plants in Casuarinales have reduced leaves that resemble scales or teeth and single-sex flowers without petals.
- Casuarinaceae is the sole family within the order Casuarinales, consisting primarily of casuarinas.
- Casuarinales are thought to be most closely related to the order Fagales, with both having comparable morphological features.
- Botanists recognize Casuarinaceae, within the order Casuarinales, with four genera present across the Southern Hemisphere.