Myrtales
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The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed within the rosid group of dicotyledons. The following families are typical of newer classifications:
- Family Alzateaceae
- Family Combretaceae
- Family Crypteroniaceae
- Family Heteropyxidaceae
- Family Lythraceae (loosestrife family)
- Family Melastomataceae
- Family Memecylaceae
- Family Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
- Family Oliniaceae
- Family Onagraceae (evening primrose family)
- Family Penaeaceae
- Family Psiloxylaceae
- Family Rhynchocalycaceae
- Family Vochysiaceae
The older Cronquist system gives essentially the same composition, except the Vochysiaceae are removed to the order Polygalales, and the Thymelaeaceae are included. The families Sonneratiaceae, Trapaceae, and Punicaceae are removed from the Lythraceae, while the Psioxylaceae and Heteropyxidaceae are treated within the Myrtaceae, and the Memecyclaceae within the Melastomataceae.
References
- Conti, Elena; Erikkson, Torsten; Schonenberger, Jurg; Sytsma, Kenneth J; and Baum, David A. Early Tertiary Out-of-India Dispersal of Crypteroniaceae: Evidence from Phylogeny and Molecular Dating. Evolution, 56(10), 2002, pp. 1931–1942
- Schönenberger, Jürg and Conti, Elena. Molecular phylogeny and floral evolution of Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, and Alzateaceae (Myrtales). American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:293-309.