Urticales

(′ərd·ə′kā·lēz)

(botany) An order of dicotyledons in the subclass Hamamelidae; woody plants or herbs with simple, usually stipulate leaves, and reduced clustered flowers that usually have a vestigial perianth.

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Meaning #1: an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
Synonym: order Urticales

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Urticales is a botanical name for what used to be an order of flowering plants. This order was recognized in many, perhaps even most, systems, with some variations in circumscription. Among these is the Cronquist system (1981), which placed the order in the subclass Hamamelidae [sic], as comprising :

family Barbeyaceae
family Cannabaceae
family Cecropiaceae
family Moraceae
family Ulmaceae
family Urticaceae

In the APG II system (2003) the plants belonging to this order, often in new family circumscriptions, are placed in the order Rosales.

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