Dicotyledoneae (Class) II

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

  1. Dilleniidae (subclass) (13 orders, 78 families, >24,000 species)
    Walters and Keil - Chapter 16

    1. Theales (Theaceae--Camellia-Greenhouse; Guttiferae (Clusiaceae)--Hypericum)
    2. Malvales (Tiliaceae-Tilia; Malvaceae--Abutilon, Hibiscus-Greenhouse)
    3. Nepenthales (Sarraceniaceae--Sarracenia-Greenhouse; Droseraceae--Dionaea-Greenhouse; Nepenthaceae--Nepenthes-Greenhouse)
    4. Violales (Violaceae--Viola; Cucurbitaceae--Echinocystis)
    5. Salicales (Salicaceae - Salix, Populus)
    6. Capparales (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae--Hesperis, Brassica)
    7. Ericales (Ericaceae--Kalmia, Rhododendron, Gaylussacia; Chamaedaphne, Vaccinium-Greenhouse) Pyrolaceae--Pyrola, Chimaphila; Monotropaceae--Monotropa)
    8. Primulales (Primulaceae--Trientalis, Lysimachia, Dodecatheon)

  2. Rosidae (subclass) (18 orders, 114 families, >58,000 species)
    Walters and Keil - Chapters 12 and 13

    1. Rosales (Crassulaceae--Crassula, Kalanchoë; Sedum-Greenhouse; Saxifragaceae--Saxifraga-Greenhouse; Rosaceae--Amelanchier, Crataegus, Fragaria, Potentilla, Prunus, Rosa, Rubus, Spiraea; Eriobotrya-Greenhouse)
    2. Fabales (Leguminosae (Fabaceae) [Mimosaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Papilionaceae]--Gleditsia, Lupinus, Trifolium, Vicia, Desmodium; Mimosa, Ceratonia-Greenhouse)
    3. Proteales (Elaeagnaceae--Elaeagnus)
    4. Myrtales (Lythraceae--Lythrum; Onagraceae--Oenothera, Ludwigia)
    5. Cornales (Cornaceae--Cornus, Nyssa)
    6. Celastrales (Aquifoliaceae--Ilex)
    7. Euphorbiales (Euphorbiaceae--Euphorbia-Greenhouse)
    8. Rhamnales (Rhamnaceae--Rhamnus; Vitaceae--Vitis, Parthenocissus)
    9. Polygalales (Polygalaceae--Polygala)
    10. Sapindales (Staphyleaceae--Staphylea; Hippocastanaceae--Aesculus; Aceraceae--Acer; Anacardiaceae--Rhus, Toxicodendron; Mangifera, Pachycormus-Greenhouse; Rutaceae--Ptelea; Citrus-Greenhouse)
    11. Geraniales (Oxalidaceae--Oxalis; Geraniaceae--Geranium; Pelargonium--Greenhouse; Balsaminaceae--Impatiens)
    12. Apiales (Araliaceae--Aralia; Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)--Daucus, Eryngium, Zizia, Cicuta)

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