Order Salicales (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the family Salicaceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The order Salicales is coextensive with the family Salicaceae, which includes willows and poplars.
- The order Salicales is a group of flowering plants that are commonly known as the willow order.
- In the past, the order Salicales was used to classify plants that are now placed in the family Salicaceae.
- The order Salicales is a monotypic order, meaning that it only contains one family, which is Salicaceae.
- The order Salicales was widely used in older classifications, but it is no longer used in modern botanical systems, except as a synonym for Salicaceae.