Order

Alismatales (Water-plantains, seagrass, and allies)

Ruppia cirrhosa. Photo: (c) Frédéric ANDRE, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Alismatales (alismatids) are an order of flowering plants including about 4500 species. Plants assigned to this order are mostly tropical or aquatic. Some grow in fresh water, some in marine habitats.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Alismatales (Water-plantains, seagrass, and allies)
        Family: Ruppiaceae (Widgeonweed family) (2)
        Family: Zosteraceae (Seagrasses) (3)
        Family: Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) (2)
        Family: Juncaginaceae (Arrowgrass family) (2)
        Family: Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) (1)
        Family: Araceae (Arum family) (3)

Subtaxa

Family: Ruppiaceae (Widgeonweed family)

Family: Zosteraceae (Seagrasses)

Family: Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family)

Family: Juncaginaceae (Arrowgrass family)

Family: Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family)

Family: Araceae (Arum family)

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