Violales Violales

Violales - Definition and Overview

Violales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass:Dilleniidae
Order: Violales
Families

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Violales used to be an order of flowering plants in the Cronquist classification. In the newer angiosperm classifications (e. g. APG II, 2003) it is no longer used.

The families comprising Violales have been relocated as follows (APG II, 2003):

  • Achariaceae → Malpighiales
  • Ancistrocladaceae → Caryophyllales
  • Begoniaceae → Cucurbitales
  • BixaceaeMalvales
  • Caricaceae → Brassicales
  • Cistaceae → Malvales
  • Cochlospermaceae → Malvales (optionally inside Bixaceae)
  • Cucurbitaceae → Cucurbitales
  • Datiscaceae → Cucurbitales
  • Dioncophyllaceae → Caryophyllales
  • Flacourtiaceae → Malpighiales (inside Salicaceae)
  • FouquieriaceaeEricales
  • Frankeniaceae → Caryophyllales
  • Hoplestigmataceae → uncertain position
  • Huaceae → Eurosids I (direct placement)
  • Lacistemataceae → Malpighiales
  • Loasaceae → Cornales
  • Malesherbiaceae → Malpighiales (optionally inside Passifloraceae)
  • Muntingiaceae → Malvales
  • Neumanniaceae → ?
  • Oceanopapaveraceae → ?
  • Passifloraceae → Malpighiales
  • Peridiscaceae → Malpighiales
  • Plagiopteraceae → Celastrales (inside Celastraceae)
  • Scyphostegiaceae → Malpighiales (inside Salicaceae)
  • Stachyuraceae → Crossosomatales
  • Tamaricaceae → Caryophyllales
  • Tetramelaceae → Cucurbitales
  • Turneraceae → Malpighiales (optionally inside Passifloraceae)
  • Violaceae → Malpighiales

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