Geraniales

Geraniales
	Geranium palustre
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
(unranked):	Eurosids II
Order:	Geraniales; Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Faimilies (APG III)
	Geraniaceae (includin Hypseocharitaceae); Melianthaceae (includin Francoaceae); Vivianiaceae (includin Ledocarpaceae);

Geraniales are a smaa order o flouerin plants, includit within the rosid subgroup o eudicots. The lairgest faimily in the order is Geraniaceae wi ower 800 species. In addeetion, the order includes some smaa faimilies, contributin thegither anither less nor 40 species. Maist Geraniales are yerbaceous, but thare are shrubs an smaa trees an aa.^{[citation needit]}

The economic importance o Geraniales is law. Some species o the genus Pelargonium are cultivatit for their aromatic ile uised in the perfume industry. Some ither species, an aa maistly Geraniaceae, hae horticultural or medicinal uises.^{[citation needit]}

Paleobotanic record is missin.^{[citation needit]}

Classification

The faimily circumscription o the APG III seestem classification is typical o newer arrangements. In this defineetion, Hypseocharitaceae is includit within Geraniaceae, Francoaceae an Greyiaceae are includit within Melianthaceae, an Ledocarpaceae is includit within the Vivianiaceae.^[1]

Unner the Cronquist seestem, the Geraniales haed a different composeetion, comprisin the follaein faimilies:

Faimily Geraniaceae
Faimily Oxalidaceae
Faimily Limnanthaceae
Faimily Tropaeolaceae
Faimily Balsaminaceae

The Vivianiaceae an Ledocarpaceae wur included within the Geraniaceae, an the Hypseocharitaceae within the Oxalidaceae, which are nou treatit in the order Oxalidales. The Melianthaceae wur placed within the Sapindales, the Greyiaceae an Francoaceae within the Rosales, the latter subsumed within the Saxifragaceae.^{[citation needit]}

References

↑ ^a ^b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, archived frae the original on 2017-05-25, retrieved 2010–12–10 Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

Bakker, F. T. (December 2002). Geraniales (Geranium). In: Nature Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Nature Publishing Group, London. (Available online: DOI | ELS site Archived 2011-05-13 at the Wayback Machine)
B. C. J. du Mortier (1829). Analyse des Familles de Plantes : avec l'indication des principaux genres qui s'y rattachent, 42. Imprimerie de J. Casterman, Tournay.

[apgiii-1] Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 105–121, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x, archived frae the original on 2017-05-25, retrieved 2010–12–10 Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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