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Apiales

Plant Orders

Apiales is an order of flowering plants in the asterid group of eudicots, comprising seven families including Apiaceae, the carrot and parsley family, and Araliaceae, the ginseng family. Well-known members include carrots, celery, coriander, parsley, ginseng, and ivies. The order boundaries were established fairly recently, based on comparison of DNA sequences rather than shared physical form.

Facts
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Member Count Band
Over 1000 Species 3
Era First Appeared
Cretaceous 4
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21138, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Apiales
  • Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
  • In Group: Asterid Orders, Lead
    The Apiales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons.
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3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Apiales
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
Quote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 6019
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4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Apiales
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Apiales" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 113.2 ... "early_interval": "Albian"
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Wikidata: Apiales
Wikidata Q21138, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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