| Bruniales | |
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| Desfontainia spinosa | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Clade: | Campanulids |
| Order: | Bruniales Dumort.[1] |
| Families | |
Bruniales is anorder offlowering plants, included in theasterid group ofeudicots. Under theAPG IV system of flowering plant classification the order consists of two families:[2]Bruniaceae, which are shrubs native toSouth Africa, andColumelliaceae, which are trees and shrubs native to Central and South America.
Bruniales was not recognized as an order until 2008 when a study suggested thatBruniaceae andColumelliaceae were sister clades.[3] In 2009, theAPG III system placed both families as the only members of the order Bruniales, which is a sister order to theApiales.[1] Before this, both families were placed in theLamiales.[4]
The APG III phylogenetic tree for the asterids is:
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