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Dipsacales

Plant Orders

Dipsacales is an order of flowering plants within the asterid group of dicotyledons, recognized under the APG III system of 2009 as comprising two families, Adoxaceae and a broadly circumscribed Caprifoliaceae. The order includes well-known plants such as honeysuckle, elder, viburnum, and valerian, representing a consolidation of several smaller family groupings recognized in earlier classification systems.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Source Sambucus nigra (Wikidata)
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21774, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Dipsacales
  • Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
  • In Group: Asterid Orders, Lead
    The Dipsacales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons.
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Wikidata: Dipsacales
Wikidata Q21774, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Sambucus nigra (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Sambucus nigra, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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