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Liliales

Liliales

9.9
A group of related flowering plants that includes lilies and irises
  • noun
  • /ˈlɪliˌeɪlz/
  • Specialized
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  • Did you know that Liliales are part of the monocotyledonous plants?

Examples

  • Recent research has led to some reclassification of certain families within the Liliales.

  • Botanists often study the evolutionary relationships within the Liliales to understand plant diversification.

  • The Liliales order contains many well-known ornamental plants including tulips and lilies.

  • The Liliales order includes many beautiful flowers.

  • Botanists often study the evolutionary relationships within the Liliales to understand plant diversification.

  • Recent research has led to some reclassification of certain families within the Liliales.

  • The Liliales order contains many well-known ornamental plants including tulips and lilies.

Synonyms

order Liliales
vsLiliales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of flowering plants like lilies and tulips with parallel leaf veins

has identical meaning but uses the shorter form without the group label

Compounds

order Liliales
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of flowering plants like lilies and tulips with parallel leaf veins

How Specific

genus
3 7.5
family
  • Specialized
155 4.0
Liliales
  • Specialized
9.9
subclass
  • Specialized
1 6.7
class
∞ 1.8
kingdom
  • Specialized
53 4.8
domain
150 4.2

Surface Forms

Liliales singular
Liliales plural

Etymology

Liliales comes from the Latin lilium meaning 'lily' and the ending -ales, which marks a group of related plants. So Liliales is the name for the group of flowering plants that includes lilies, irises and other similar flowers.