Orchidales

thumb|right|250px|Phalaenopsis orchid

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Lilianae
Image: Ophrys fusca 12 maig 2006 040.jpg

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Commons category: Orchidales
taxon name: Orchidales
taxon rank: order
topic's main category: Category:Orchidales

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Contents

Circumscription in the Takhtajan system
Circumscription in the Cronquist system
Circumscription in the Dahlgren system
Circumscription in the Thorne system
Circumscription in the Wettstein system
APG system
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References

thumb|right|250px|Phalaenopsis orchid

Orchidales is an order of flowering plants. In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids. The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while the Wettstein system treats them as order Gynandrae (a descriptive name referring to the stamens). In taxonomical systems these two descriptive names have now mostly dropped out of use.

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