Dioscoreales
The Dioscoreales are an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, organized under modern classification systems, such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group or the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. Among monocot plants, Dioscoreales are grouped with the lilioid monocots, wherein they are a sister group to the Pandanales. In total, the order Dioscoreales comprises three families, 22 genera and about 850 species.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderDioscoreales
薯蓣目（学名：Dioscoreales）在現代的植物分類系統（英语：list of systems of plant classification）（例如：被子植物种系发生学组及被子植物親緣分類網（英语：Angiosperm Phylogeny Web）等）是被子植物单子叶植物的一目。 同屬類百合單子葉植物（英语：lilioid monocots），本目物種與露兜树目物種是旁系群關係。 現時本目包括有三個科、22個属和850個 物种。
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20 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Pre-Darwinian
- Post-Darwinian
- Molecular phylogenetics and the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
- Phylogeny
- Evolution
- Subdivision
- Etymology
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Uses
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Articles and chapters
- Books and symposia
- Databases
- APG
- External links
The Dioscoreales are an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, organized under modern classification systems, such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group or the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. Among monocot plants, Dioscoreales are grouped with the lilioid monocots, wherein they are a sister group to the Pandanales. In total, the order Dioscoreales comprises three families, 22 genera and about 850 species.
Dioscoreales contains the family Dioscoreaceae, which notably includes the yams (Dioscorea) and several other bulbous and tuberous plants, some of which are heavily cultivated as staple food sources in certain countries.