Cornales
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Cornales is an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterids, which are part of the core eudicots. APG includes the following families:
- Family Cornaceae (dogwood family)
- Family Curtisiaceae (cape lancewood)
- Family Grubbiaceae (sillyberry family)
- Family Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family)
- Family Hydrostachyaceae
- Family Loasaceae (stickleaf family)
- Family Nyssaceae (tupelo family)
Under the Cronquist system the order instead comprised the families Cornaceae, Garryaceae, and Alangiaceae, and was placed among the Rosidae.
