Ranalian
/rəˈneɪlɪən/(also Ranalean) Botany
adjective
Of or relating to the (former) order Ranales, comprising dicotyledonous families characterized by hypogynous, apocarpous flowers having free, spirally inserted parts and an indefinite number of stamens; derived from or characteristic of this order.
- The order Ranales comprised 19 families, divided into 4 suborders; it was later split into the orders Ranunculales, typified by the family Ranunculaceae, and Magnoliales, typified by the family Magnoliaceae..
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915). From scientific Latin Ranales, former order name (A. Engler Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle u. medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik 106; from Ran- (in scientific Latin Ranunculus) + classical Latin -ālēs, plural of-ālis) + -ian.