Theales - Definition and Overview

Theales is an order of plants that includes the tea bushes. This name is no longer in use and has been superseded by the name Ericales in the Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (See: [1] (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/full/))

Placement

Kingdom Plantae

Subkingdom Tracheobionta

Division Magnoliophyta -- angiosperms, flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida -- dicotyledons

Subclass Dilleniidae

Order Theales

Children

Families

• Actinidiaceae - 1 genus
• Caryocaraceae - 1 genus
• Clusiaceae - 11 genera
• Dipterocarpaceae - 4 genera
• Elatinaceae (water worts) - 2 genera
• Marcgraviaceae - 1 genus
• Medusagynaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/medusagy.htm shows this as having a single genus and species from Seychelles. Included by cladists in Malpighiales.
• Ochnaceae - 3 genera
• Quiinaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/quiinace.htm shows this with 4 genera and 50 species. Included on Malpighiales by cladists.
• Rhopalocarpaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/sphaeros.htm where it is treated as synonymous with Sphaerosepalaceae. Included in Malvales by cladists.
• Sarcolaenaceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/sarcolae.htm show this with 10 genera and 40 species. Cladists include this with the Malvales.
• Stachyuraceae - empty in ITIS - Delta http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/stachyur.htm shows a single genus with 10 species. Included in Rosids by cladists.
• Theaceae (tea) - 8 genera

References

• http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=21354

as of 2002-06-05

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