Gentianales

Gentianales
	Gentiana cruciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Clade:	Lamiids
Order:	Gentianales; Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Families
	Apocynaceae; Gelsemiaceae; Gentianaceae; Loganiaceae; Rubiaceae;
Synonyms
	Apocynales Bercht. & J.Presl; Asclepiadales Bercht. & J.Presl; Chironiales Griseb.; Cinchonales Lindl.; Galiales Bromhead; Loganiales Lindl.; Lygodisodeales Mart.; Rubiales Bercht. & J.Presl; Strychnales Link; Theligonales Nakai; Vincales Horan.;

Gentianales is an order of flowering plant, included within the asterid clade of eudicots. It comprises more than 20,000 species in about 1,200 genera in 5 families. More than 80% of the species in this order belong to the family Rubiaceae.

Many of these flowering plants are used in traditional medicine. They have been used to treat pain, anxiety, cancers and neurological conditions.

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