Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index

Scrophulariales

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Subkingdom:Tracheobionta
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Scrophulariales
Families
   Acanthaceae
   Bignoniaceae
   Buddlejaceae
   Gesneriaceae
   Globulariaceae
   Lamiaceae
   Lentibulariaceae
   Myoporaceae
   Oleaceae
   Pedaliaceae
   Scrophulariaceae
Ref. [Uni-Ham 52efam] 2002-09-06
And, not listed in above:
   Orobanchaceae
   Hydrostachyaceae
Ref. Itis 32925 2002-09-06

Table of contents
1 Synonyms and common names
2 Text
3 Families
4 References

Synonyms and common names

Lamiales is often used in place of Scrophuliariales. Both Lamiaceae and Scrophulariaceae are now placed within this order by cladistically-oriented taxonomists, so either name may be used. However, in cladistic nomenclature, the Lamioid clade is a more basal clade than the Scrophularioid clade, and for this reason, cladistically-oriented taxonomists prefer the Lamiales name.

Text

In its discussions Delta notes the classification difficulties which have arisen with this group.

There are about 11000 species in the Scrophulariales. They belong to 10 families (Uni-Ham 52e 2002-09-06):

Families

References

http://www.itis.usda.gov of 2002-05-31 TSN: 500018
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/hydrosta.htm, no date given
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/vascular/acanth.htm 2002-09-06
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/d52/52e.htm 2002-09-06
http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/d52/52efam.htm 2002-09-06
" class="external">http://www.science.siu.edu/parasitic-plants/Relation-Scroph.html
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/web.dbs/genlist.html 2002-09-06 (looks like the Kew genlist database, pretty much one of the botanical databases out there, broke down in the middle of my research. Therefore, To be continued.)