Suborder Commelinineae in Order Commelinales

In botanical taxonomy, a suborder is a rank used to group closely related families within an order. In the hierarchy, suborder sits below order and above family.

Suborders help organize large, diverse orders into finer units that reflect shared morphological, anatomical, or genetic characteristics. While some modern systems (e.g., APG) emphasize orders and families over formal suborders, the rank remains useful in certain treatments and for comparative discussions.

Below the suborder rank, plants are classified into families, then genera and species, representing increasingly specific evolutionary relationships.

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