Cornales
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Cornales
Dove tree in flower a species in Nyssaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cornales Dumortier
Families
See text.

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.