The order includes five families, with trees, shrubs, lianas, and herb species. Several members of the order produce strap-like leaves that are used for basketry; Pandanus (family Pandanaceae) is used across Oceania for thatch, basketry, and to make cloth, and Carludovica leaves (family Cyclanthaceae) are made into Panama hats.
Stem group Pandanales are dated to ca 124 million years before present, crown group Pandanales to ca 114 million years before present (Janssen and Bremer 2004), or the crown group may be as young as ca 50 million years before present (Bremer 2000b).
Triuridaceae are grouped with Pandanales (Chase et al.
Furthermore, Nartheciaceae tended to associate with Pandanales, rather than Dioscoreales, the clade in which they are included here (q.v.
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