Celastrales

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Celastrales
Euonymus europaea, Celastraceae family
Euonymus europaea, Celastraceae family
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Celastrales
Baskerville

Families
Celastraceae (staff vine family)

Parnassiaceae
Lepidobotryaceae

The Celastrales are an order of flowering plants, included within the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. Newer classifications include the following three families:

Under the older Cronquist system, the order included a larger group of families: