Myrtales

Myrtales
	; Lumnitzera littorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Division:	Magnoliophyta;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Order:	Myrtales; Reichenbach
Families
	See text

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The Myrtales are an order of flowering plants placed as a basal group within the rosid group of dicotyledons (not a member of eurosids Ior eurosids II). The following families are typical of newer classifications:

Family Alzateaceae
Family Combretaceae (leadwood family)
Family Crypteroniaceae
Family Heteropyxidaceae
Family Lythraceae (loosestrife and pomegranate family)
Family Melastomataceae
Family Memecylaceae
Family Myrtaceae (myrtle family)
Family Oliniaceae
Family Onagraceae (evening primrose family)
Family Penaeaceae
Family Psiloxylaceae
Family Rhynchocalycaceae
Family Vochysiaceae

Blue Eyes Fuchsia flower and buds, from order Myrtales and family Onagraceae

The 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.

[edit] References

Conti, E., Erikkson, T., Schonenberger, J., Sytsma, K. J., & Baum, D. A. (2002). Early Tertiary Out-of-India Dispersal of Crypteroniaceae: Evidence from Phylogeny and Molecular Dating. Evolution 56 (10): 1931–1942
Schönenberger, J. & Conti, E. (2003). Molecular phylogeny and floral evolution of Penaeaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, and Alzateaceae (Myrtales). American Journal of Botany 90: 293–309.