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Pandanales

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Pandanales [‚pan·də′nā·lēz]
(botany)
A monofamilial order of monocotyledonous plants; members are more or less arborescent and sparingly branched, with numerous long, firm, narrow, parallel-veined leaves that usually have spiny margins.


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Comparative structure and development of pollen and tapetum in Pandanales.
The major clades can be grouped for convenience into: 1) basal monocots (Acorus and Alismatales); 2) a polyphyletic assemblage of five clades of lilioid monocots (Asparagales, Liliales, Dioseoreales, Pandanales and Petrosaviaceae); and 3) a monophyletic group encompassing all the commelinid monocots, including bromeliads, grasses, sedges, rushes, palms and gingers (Fig.
 
 
 
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