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Which major plant families are included in the order Alismatales?
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Alismatales
Showy and delicate flowers of the flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus).
The order Alismatales comprises 14 families of monocotyledon flowering plants. These families are distributed globally across temperate and tropical regions and include many aquatic and ornamental species.1
The 14 families included in the order are:
- Alismataceae
- Aponogetonaceae
- Araceae
- Butomaceae
- Cymodoceaceae
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Juncaginaceae
- Limnocharitaceae
- Posidoniaceae
- Potamogetonaceae
- Ruppiaceae
- Scheuchzeriaceae
- Tofieldiaceae
- Zosteraceae1