Apiales | |
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Inflorescence of a wild carrot, Daucus carota, in the family Apiaceae. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Clade: | Campanulids |
Order: | Apiales Nakai[1] |
Families[1] | |
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The Apiales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Well-known members of Apiales include carrots, celery, coriander, parsley, parsnips, poison hemlock, ginseng, ivies, and pittosporums.
Apiales consist of nine families, with the type family being the celery, carrot or parsley family, Apiaceae.