Myrtales

Noun

Meaning

Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

order Myrtales order Thymelaeales thymelaeales

Hypernyms

plant order

Anagrams

masterly

Examples

Although the APG system classifies myrtales as within the eurosids, the recently published genome of Eucalyptus grandis places the order myrtales as a sister to the eurosids rather than inside them. Source: Internet

When looking at chloroplast DNA, the myrtales ancestor is instead considered to have evolved in the mid-cretaceous period (100mya) in Southeast Africa, rather than in Australasia. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

myrtaceous myrtaceous tree myrtalean myrtanol myrtenal myrtenol