Botany:
Lamiidae; leaves opposite, decussate; flowers colourful, showy, zygomorphic; petals fused, tubular, 2-lipped or 5-lobed; stamens 2 or 4, in pairs, inserted on the corolla.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Lamiales is a big order with many families.
Lamiales is a combination of the Orders of
Lamiales, Scrophulariales and Plantaginales of the Cronquist system.
In the
Plant theory Verbenales are split off from
Lamiales.
Verbenales is a monophyletic clade in
Lamiales.
Lamiales then becomes polypheletic.
Subphases1.
Schlegeliaceae.
2.
Acanthaceae.
3.
Martyniaceae.
4.
Verbenaceae.
5.
Bignoniaceae.
6.
Pedaliaceae.
7. Lentibuliariacae.