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

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.

Translation

The word "Pandanales" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Catalan: Pandanal, Danish: Skruepalme-ordenen, German: Schraubenbaumartige, Korean: 판다누스목, Lithuanian: Pandaniečiai, Hungarian: Csavarpálma-virágúak, Japanese: タコノキ目, Polish: Pandanowce, Russian: Панданоцветные, Vietnamese: Bộ Dứa dại, Chinese: 露兜树目.