Parietales
- noun
- /pəˈrɪəˌteɪliz/
- Archaic
- The poppy family was once classified under the order Parietales in botanical texts.
Examples
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Students of botany often encounter the term Parietales when studying historical plant taxonomy.
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Recent genetic research has led to the reclassification of many plants formerly included in Parietales.
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The Parietales order includes many unique species.
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Did you know that Parietales are part of the subclass Dilleniidae?
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Many plants from the poppy family were historically grouped within the order Parietales.
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Botany courses often cover Parietales to illustrate the diversity of dicotyledonous plants.
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In early botanical classifications, the order Parietales included several important families.
Synonyms
A group of related flowering plants once used in plant classification, including violets and cacti
A former group of flowering plants used in older plant books
Compounds
- Archaic
A group of related flowering plants once used in plant classification, including violets and cacti
Surface Forms
Etymology
Parietales comes from the Latin root paries, which means 'wall'. Plant scientists used this name because these plants often have seeds attached to the 'walls' inside their fruit, so the old order was named for that 'wall' arrangement.
