Rutales

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Rutales is an order of flowering plants in the rosid clade that traditionally included families such as Rutaceae (the citrus family) and several related groups.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf angiosperm order
plant order
taxonomic rank
belongsToClade rosid clade NERFINISHED
clade angiosperms
eudicots
rosids
commonNameOfMembers citrus family
contains citrus plants
shrubs
trees
woody plants
hasCharacteristic many members have glandular-dotted leaves
many members produce aromatic compounds
members often contain essential oils
hasEconomicImportanceThrough citrus crops
historicallyCircumscribedBy morphological characters
includesFamily Burseraceae NERFINISHED
Cneoraceae NERFINISHED
Meliaceae NERFINISHED
Rutaceae NERFINISHED
Simaroubaceae NERFINISHED
Zygophyllaceae NERFINISHED
isA order of flowering plants
kingdom Plantae
namedAfter Rutaceae NERFINISHED
relatedTo Sapindales NERFINISHED
subdivisionRanks families
superorder Sapindanae
taxonomicStatus traditional order in rosids
taxonRank order
typeFamily Rutaceae NERFINISHED
usedIn traditional plant classification systems

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