Definition of Order liliales

1. Noun. An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae.

Exact synonyms: Liliales
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Member holonyms: Family Juncaceae, Juncaceae, Rush Family, Dioscoreaceae, Family Dioscoreaceae, Yam Family, Bloodwort Family, Family Haemodoraceae, Haemodoraceae, Family Iridaceae, Iridaceae, Iris Family, Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllis Family, Family Amaryllidaceae, Family Hypoxidaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family, Family Trilliaceae, Trilliaceae, Trillium Family, Family Taccaceae, Taccaceae, Agavaceae, Agave Family, Family Agavaceae, Sisal Family
Group relationships: Liliidae, Subclass Liliidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Liliales

order Ictodosauria
order Insectivora
order Insessores
order Isoetales
order Isopoda
order Isoptera
order Isospondyli
order Juglandales
order Jungermanniales
order Lagomorpha
order Laminariales
order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera
order Lichenales
order Liliales
order Lobata
order Loricata
order Lycoperdales
order Lycopodiales
order Lyginopteridales
order Madreporaria
order Mallophaga
order Malvales
order Marattiales
order Marchantiales
order Marsupialia
order Mecoptera
order Moniliales
order Monotremata

Literary usage of Order liliales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"The order LILIALES consists of monocotyledonous plants, having for the most part regular and complete flowers, the perianth being well developed and made up ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"The order LILIALES consists of monocotyledonous plants, having for the most part regular and complete flowers, the perianth being well developed and made up ..."

3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"This order is the lily order, or order Liliales. The various orders unite to make up the class, and the classes unite to form a group. 1140. ..."

4. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"This order is the lily order, or order Liliales. The various orders unite to make up the class, and the classes unite to form a group. 1140. ..."

5. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"The order Liliales, comprising about 5000 species, contains the most highly developed types. The lower Monocotyledons have naked flowers (ie, no sepals and ..."

6. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The lily order, Liliales, a large group of almost 5000 species, remarkable for the showiness and symmetry of its flowers. 4. The orchid order, Orchidales ..."

7. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"The lily order, Liliales, a large group of almost 5000 species, remarkable for the showiness and symmetry of its flowers. 4. The orchid order, Orchidales, ..."

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