Arecales

Arecales
Temporal range: 80–0 Ma Late Cretaceous - Recent
Areca catechu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Bromhead
Families
Diversity
206 genera

Arecales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely named as such only for the past few decades; until then, the accepted name for the order including these plants was Principes.