Contortae
Contortae as a term has appeared in several senses in botanical taxonomy, most conspicuously as follows:
Order Contortae
Contortae is no longer recognised in botanical taxonomy. After a varied history in the nineteenth century, predominant opinion on the Contortae assigned several families to the order in the mid twentieth century, though never with unanimity. They typically included:By the late twentieth century there were moves to withdraw recognition of the plant order Contortae, and merge it with the order Gentianales or Loganiales. For details of the reassignment of the families to orders, see the Angiosperm [Phylogeny Group] publication
Other occurrences of the term
Contortae is a section of the genus Oenothera.Contortae is a section in the family Acanthaceae.
Contortae is a subsection of the genus Pinus.