Parietales (Noun)
Meaning
A large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Parietales include families like Capparidaceae, Brassicaceae, and Resedaceae that share specific floral characteristics.
- Many members of the Parietales have small flowers and fruit capsules with seeds.
- Resedaceae and Brassicaceae in Parietales order show evolutionary similarities with members of Dilleniidae.
- Order Parietales exhibits high variation among their leaf types ranging from herbaceous plants to woody species.
- Examples of edible Parietales plants are broccoli and cauliflower, which are commonly used as food.