| Oxalidales | |
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| Ceratopetalum apetalum | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Clade: | Fabids |
| Order: | Oxalidales Bercht. &J.Presl[1] |
| Families | |
Oxalidales is anorder offlowering plants, included within therosid subgroup ofeudicots. This group comprises six families that contain approximately 2000 species in 58 genera. They are trees, shrubs or woody vines which are found in the wet tropics, particularly on mountains, and warm temperate zones, especially in the southern hemisphere.[2] Compound leaves are common in Oxalidales and the majority of thespecies in this order have five or six sepals and petals. The following families are typically placed here:[3]
The family Cephalotaceae contains a single species, apitcher plant found inSouthwest Australia.
Under theCronquist system, most of the above families were placed in theRosales. The Oxalidaceae were placed in theGeraniales, and the Elaeocarpaceae split between theMalvales andPolygalales, in the latter case being treated as theTremandraceae.
Thephylogeny of the Oxalidales shown below is adapted from theAngiosperm Phylogeny Group website.
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