Arecales

Arecales Temporal range: 80–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous - Recent
Areca catechu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales Bromhead
Families
Arecaceae Dasypogonaceae
Diversity
206 genera

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