Magnoliales Magnoliales

Magnoliales - Definition and Overview

Magnoliales
Magnolia blossum
Magnolia blossom
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Magnoliales
Families

Annonaceae
Degeneriaceae
Eupomatiaceae
Himantandraceae
Magnoliaceae
Myristicaceae


The Magnoliales are an order of flowering plants. Newer classifications include the following families:

Under the Cronquist system, the following families were also included:

The Magnoliales are a basal group, traditionally included among the dicots but apparently as closely related to the monocots as to most other such plants. They include the genus Magnolia, the type genus for the flowering plants in general, which are thereby called the Magnoliophyta.

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