†order Commelinales Mirbel 1820
Parent taxon: Monocots according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acorales, Aglaoreidia, Araceae, Arecaceae, Arecales, Asparagales, Commelinids, Dioscoreales, Liliaceae, Liliales, Pandanales, Petrosaviales, Poales, Zingiberales
Subtaxa: Commelinaceae Haemodoraceae Hanguanaceae Philydraceae Philydrum Pontederiaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
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