Cornales

E288939

Cornales is an order of flowering plants that includes dogwoods and related families, representing some of the earliest-diverging lineages within the asterid clade.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cornales canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant order
taxon
belongsToSubclade core eudicots
circumscriptionFollows APG II system
APG III classification
surface form: APG III system

APG IV system
APG IV system
surface form: APG system
clade Magnoliophyta
surface form: Angiosperms

Asterids
Eudicots
distribution cosmopolitan
flowerType bisexual flowers
fruitType drupes or capsules
hasEcologicalRole forest understory components
fruit source for wildlife
hasEconomicImportance ornamental plants
timber (some species)
includes Alseuosmiaceae
Cornaceae
Curtisiaceae
Grubbiaceae
Hydrangeaceae
Hydrostachyaceae
Loasaceae
Nyssaceae
includesCommonNameGroup dogwoods
includesWellKnownGenus Cornus
Hydrangea
Nyssa
isAmong earliest-diverging asterid lineages
kingdom Plantae
leafArrangement mostly opposite leaves
majorHabit herbs
shrubs
trees
ovaryPosition inferior or partly inferior ovary
perianth distinct calyx and corolla
photosyntheticPathway C3
phylogeneticPosition basal to other asterids
recognizedBy Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
systematicStudyMethods molecular phylogenetics
morphological analysis
taxonRank order
typeFamily Cornaceae

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asterids containsOrder Cornales
Pacific dogwood order Cornales
Cornaceae order Cornales