Apiales

Order of Campanulids

Food, Plant source foods, Flowering plats (angiospermae), Mesangiosperms, Eudicots, Core eudicots, Superastierds, Asterids, Campanulids (Euasterids II)

Consumption area(s): Earth

Note: For better understanding, please read the article on flowering plants (angiospermae) first. If you come across unfamiliar words, you can click on any highlighted term to open the glossary with definitions of key botanical terms.

Introduction

Apiales is an order of angiosperms within the clade Campanulids. Apiales species are widely distributed, likely due to their promiscuous pollination, allowing visits from multiple pollinator types.

Description of Apiales

A distinctive feature of this order is the umbel arrangement of flowers, in which individual flower stalks emerge from a single point at the top of the stem, forming a cluster reminiscent of an inverted umbrella. This structure enhances visibility to pollinators.

Flowers in Apiales are generally small, radially symmetrical, and simple, with each locule containing a single ovule. Many species are capable of self-pollination. The leaves are alternate with palmate venation, and the plants contain essential oils and ellagic acid is absent.

Classification of Apiales

This order is divided into families. Among them are:

• Apiaceae (carrots, celery, coriander, parsley)
• Araliaceae (ginseng)