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Which major plant families belong to the order Lamiales?
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Lamiales
The lilac-pink flowers of the water mint attract butterflies and beetles.
The order Lamiales, commonly known as the mint order, comprises 24 families of flowering plants. The two core families within this order are Lamiaceae (the mint family) and Verbenaceae (the verbena family), which together account for over 8,300 species.12
Other major families belonging to the order include:
- Plantaginaceae1
- Scrophulariaceae1
- Orobanchaceae1
- Acanthaceae1
- Gesneriaceae1
- Bignoniaceae1
- Oleaceae1
- Pedaliaceae1
Additionally, the order includes smaller carnivorous families such as Lentibulariaceae and Byblidaceae. These plants are classified within the lamiids group of the angiosperm lineage.1