Cornales

Cornales
Dove tree in flower
a species in Nyssaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Cornales

Dumortier
Families

See text.

Cornales is an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterids, containing about 600 species. Plants within Cornales usually have four-parted flowers, drupaceous fruits, and inferior gynoecia topped with disc-shaped nectaries. Under the APG system, Cornales includes the following families:

  • Cornaceae (the dogwood family, including Nyssaceae, the tupelos)
  • Curtisiaceae (cape lancewood)
  • Grubbiaceae (the sillyberry family)
  • Hydrangeaceae (the hydrangea family)
  • Hydrostachyaceae
  • Loasaceae (the stickleaf family)
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