Cornales Cornales

Cornales - Definition and Overview

Cornales

Dove tree in flower
a species in Nyssaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Cornales
Families

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The Cornales are an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterid group of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following families:

Under the older Cronquist system the order instead comprised the families Cornaceae, Garryaceae, and Alangiaceae, and was placed among the Rosidae.

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