Dicotyledoneae (Class) I

(According to Cronquist's 1981 Classification of the Angiosperms)

  1. Magnoliidae (subclass) (8 orders, 39 families, 11,000 species)
    Walters and Keil - Chapter 11

    1. Magnoliales (Magnoliaceae--Magnolia, Liriodendron)
    2. Laurales (Lauraceae--Sassafras, Lindera, Persea-Greenhouse)
    3. Piperales (Piperaceae--Peperomia-Greenhouse)
    4. Nymphaeales (Nymphaeaceae--Nymphaea, Nuphar)
    5. Ranunculales (Ranunculaceae--Hepatica, Caltha, Aquilegia; Berberidaceae--Berberis, Podophyllum)
    6. Papaverales (Papaveraceae--Sanquinaria, Papaver;Fumariaceae-- Dicentra)

  2. Hamamelidae (subclass) (11 orders, 24 families, <3,400 species)
    Walters and Keil - Chapter 18

    1. Hamamelidales (Hamamelidaceae--Hamamelis, Liquidambar)
    2. Urticales (Ulmaceae--Ulmus, Celtis; Cannabaceae--Cannabis; Moraceae--Morus, Maclura; Ficus-GreenhouseUrticaceae--Urtica, Laportea, Boehmeria; Pilea, Pellionia-Greenhouse)
    3. Juglandales (Juglandaceae--Juglans, Carya)
    4. Myricales (Myricaceae--Myrica, Comptonia)
    5. Fagales (Fagaceae--Castanea, Fagus, Quercus; Betulaceae--Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Corylus, Ostrya)

  3. Caryophyllidae (subclass) (3 orders, 14 families, 11,000 species)
    Walters and Keil - Chapter 17

    1. Caryophyllales (Phytolaccaceae--Phytolacca; Rivina-Greenhouse; Nyctaginaceae--Bougainvillea-Greenhouse; Aizoaceae--Lithops- Greenhouse; Cactaceae--Opuntia, Cereus, and others-Greenhouse; Chenopodiaceae--Chenopodium, Salicornia; Amaranthaceae-- Amaranthus, Iresine-Greenhouse; Portulacaceae--Claytonia; Portulacaria-Greenhouse; Caryophyllaceae--Dianthus, Stellaria, Silene, Saponaria)
    2. Polygonales(Polygonaceae--Polygonum, Rumex)

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