Aquifoliales

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Aquifoliales is an order of flowering plants that includes holly (Ilex) and several related woody families within the asterid clade.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aquifoliales canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf order of flowering plants
plant order
taxonomic rank
belongsTo Asterids
clade Magnoliophyta
surface form: Angiosperms

Asterids
Eudicots
class Magnoliopsida
commonMember holly
containsHerbaceousSpecies few or none
containsWoodyFamilies true
distribution cosmopolitan
division Magnoliophyta
ecologicalRole food source for birds
understory shrubs in forests
economicUse Christmas decorations (holly)
ornamental plants
fruitType drupes common
hasCharacteristic evergreen species common
many species with red berries
often with toothed leaf margins
simple leaves common
hasGrowthForm woody plants
hasMemberType shrubs
trees
hasTypeGenus Ilex
includesFamily Aquifoliaceae
Cardiopteridaceae
Helwingiaceae
Phyllonomaceae
Stemonuraceae
includesGenus Ilex
isPartOf core asterids
kingdom Plantae
leafArrangement alternate leaves common
molecularEvidence supported by DNA sequence data
notableGenus Ilex aquifolium
photosyntheticPathway C3
pollination insect-pollinated species common
previouslyClassifiedIn Celastrales (some families, historical)
Icacinales (some families, historical)
recognizedBy APG III classification
surface form: APG III system

APG IV system
reproductiveType flowering plants
subclass Asterids
surface form: Asteridae
taxonomicRank order
typeFamily Aquifoliaceae

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Superasterids includes Aquifoliales
Asterids containsOrder Aquifoliales
Campanulids contains Aquifoliales
Dipsacales sisterGroup Aquifoliales