PANDANALES

'Pandanales' is an order of flowering plants, with a pantropical distribution.
The APG II system, which places this in the monocots, the order consists of five families:

★ Cyclanthaceae

★ Pandanaceae

★ Stemonaceae

★ Triuridaceae

★ Velloziaceae
Thus circumscribed, the order includes palm-like trees, shrubs, lianas, and herbs.
In older plant classifications,
The circumscription in APG II is a slight change from that in the 1998 APG system, which used the circumscription:

★ Cyclanthaceae

★ Pandanaceae

★ Stemonaceae

★ Velloziaceae
The Cronquist system (1981) placed the order in subclass Arecidae in class Liliopsida [=monocotyledons] with only one family:

★ Pandanaceae
The Wettstein system (1935) placed the order in class Monocotyledones and used a different circumscription, incorporating:

★ Pandanaceae

★ Sparganiaceae

★ Typhaceae
The Bentham & Hooker system (1883) had a similar order under the name Nudifloreae, incorporating:

★ Pandaneae

★ Cyclanthaceae

★ Typhaceae

★ Aroideae

★ Lemnaceae

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Uses

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Uses

Several species in this order produce strap-like leaves that are used for basketry; ''Pandanus'' (Pandanaceae) is used across Oceania for thatch, basketry, and to make cloth, and ''Carludovica palmata'' (Cyclanthaceae) leaves are made into Panama hats.

References

★ Missouri Botanical Garden: Pandanales