Asparagales facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Asparagales Temporal range: 100Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ middle Cretaceous – Recent
Asparagus officinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales Bromhead
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Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications. No one is sure, but it is supposed that this group of plants evolved between the late and early Cretaceous. But because of the difficult classification of the families, it is not entirely certain when they evolved. Asparagales have a large number of families, including Ashphodelaceae (Xanthorrhoeaceae), which includes daylilies and new zealand flax.

Images for kids

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  Seeds of Hippeastrum with dark phytomelan-containing coat

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  Tree-like habit created by secondary thickening in Beaucarnea recurvata

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  Amaryllidaceae: Narcisseae – Pancratium maritimum L. John Lindley, Vegetable Kingdom 1846

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In Spanish: Asparagales para niños