Order Papaverales (Noun)
Meaning
An order of dicotyledonous plants.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The order Papaverales in plant taxonomy is an order of flowering plants that includes the poppy and fumitory families.
- Papaverales consists of a group of dicotyledonous flowering plants, primarily containing two families: Papaveraceae and Fumariaceae.
- Recent classifications have merged Papaverales into an expanded version of the order Ranunculales.
- The order Papaverales contains 26 genera and over 400 plant species within the Papaveraceae and Fumariaceae families.
- The composition of Papaverales is somewhat disputed; some botanists merge it into the order Ranunculales, while others treat it as a distinct order.